The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his ...

Roman historian Tacitus' ancient manuscripts called Annals have surfaced online. They discuss the persecution of Christians ...

Rome in the first century was carefully chronicled ... he had the freedom to write about the period with a critical eye. As a result, the “Annals” describe the decline of political freedom.

Tantalisingly, Agrippina herself wrote an account of her family’s history, which is now lost, though Tacitus drew on it in writing his Annals. What kind of a view of Roman history did this offer?