Введение
История Римской империи римского историка и сенатора Публия Корнелия Тацита
The Annals (Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. Tacitus' Histories and Annals together amounted to 30 books, although some scholars disagree about which work to assign some books to, traditionally 14 are assigned to Histories and 16 to Annals. Of the 30 books referred to by Jerome about half have survived. Modern scholars believe that as a senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus, the Roman senate's records, thus providing a solid basis for his work. This leaves the material that would have covered the final two years of Nero's reign lost. As in the Histories, Tacitus maintains his thesis of the necessity of the Principate. He says again that Augustus gave and warranted peace to the state after years of civil war, but on the other hand he shows us the dark side of life under the Caesars. The history of the beginning of the principate is also the history of the end of the political freedom that the senatorial aristocracy, which Tacitus viewed as morally decadent, corrupt, and servile towards the emperor, had enjoyed during the republic. During Nero's reign there had been a widespread diffusion of literary works in favor of this suicidal exitus illustrium virorum ("end of the illustrious men"). Again, as in his Agricola, Tacitus is opposed to those who chose useless martyrdom through vain suicides. In the Annals, Tacitus further improved the style of portraiture that he had used so well in the Historiae. Perhaps the best portrait is that of Tiberius, portrayed in an indirect way, painted progressively during the course of a narrative, with observations and commentary along the way filling in details. Voltaire was generally critical of Tacitus and said that Tacitus did not comply with the standards for providing a historical background to civilization. In 1878, John Wilson Ross and, in 1890, Polydore Hochart suggested that the whole of the Annals had been forged by the Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459). The provenance of the manuscripts containing the Annals goes back to the Renaissance. While Bracciolini had discovered three minor works at Hersfeld Abbey in Germany in 1425, Zanobi da Strada (who died in 1361) had probably earlier discovered Annals 11–16 at Monte Cassino where he lived for some time. Regardless of whether the Monte Cassino manuscripts were moved to Florence by Boccaccio or da Strada, Boccaccio made use of the Annals when he wrote Commento di Dante c. 1374 (before the birth of Poggio Bracciolini), giving an account of Seneca's death directly based on the Tacitean account in Annals book 15. Francis Newton states that it is likely that Annals 11–16 were in Monte Cassino during the first half of the rule of Abbot Desiderius (1058–1087) who later became Pope Victor III. Annals 1–6 were then independently discovered at Corvey Abbey in Germany in 1508 by Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi, afterwards Archbishop of Milan, and were first published in Rome in 1515 by Beroaldus, by order of Pope Leo X, who afterwards deposited the manuscript in the Medicean Library in Florence. ! ! Subjects
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| 1 || Death and funeral of Augustus; accession of Tiberius. Drusus and the mutiny of the Pannonian legions. Germanicus and the mutiny of the German legions. |
| 2 || War in Germania continued. Libo Drusus, Piso, and Asinius Gallus oppose Tiberius. Tacfarinas's revolt. Germanicus is posted to Asia Minor, followed by his death. |
| 3 || Germanicus' funeral. Domestic politics and legal matters of Rome. Beginning of the Gallic Wars. Tacfarinas's revolt continued. Rise of Sejanus who poisons Drusus. |
| 4 || Tacfarinas' revolt ends. Fall of Sejanus. War in Thrace. Agrippina makes moves. Tiberius abandons the capital for Campania. Fire on the Coelian Hill in Rome. Condemnation of Titius Sabinus. |
| 5 || Death of Empress Livia (book incomplete). |
| 6 || Parthian War. Fire on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Death of Tiberius. |
| 11 || Claudius becomes emperor. Prosecutions of Suillius. Turmoil in Armenia. Corbulo settles a Frisian revolt. Senatorial rights extended to the provinces. Execution of Messalina. |
| 12 || Claudius remarries, and adopts Nero. Adjustments with Parthia. The pomerium enlarged. Invasion of Britain continues with a campaign against Caratacus. Disorders in Armenia. Draining of Fucine Lake. Death of Claudius. |
| 13 || Nero becomes emperor; the murder of Britannicus. Continued trouble with Parthia over Armenia. Rome meets disaster in Armenia, saved by Corbulo. Wars with and among Germans continue. |
| 14 || Nero murders his mother Agrippina. Neronia founded. Corbulo betters the course of Rome in Armenia. In Britain, the Icenian revolt under Boudicca. Criminal trials and political purges in Rome. Murder of Rubellius Plautus and Octavia. |
| 15 || Roman defeat in Armenia, although "spun" as a victory; followed, however, by a further adjustment with Parthia in which the Parthian king Tiridates travels to Rome to become a nominal vassal of Rome. The Great Fire of Rome. Pisonian conspiracy fails. |
| 16 || Nero plots against Stoicists. Paetus and Soranus are murdered. |}
«Анналы» (Annales) римского историка и сенатора Тацита – это история Римской империи от правления Тиберия до правления Нерона, 14–68 год н.э. «Истории» и «Анналы» Тацита вместе составляют 30 книг, хотя некоторые ученые расходятся во мнениях относительно того, к какому произведению следует отнести те или иные книги; традиционно 14 книг приписывают «Историям», а 16 – «Анналам». Из 30 книг, упомянутых Иеронимом, сохранилась примерно половина. Современные исследователи полагают, что, будучи сенатором, Тацит имел доступ к Acta Senatus – записям римского сената, что обеспечило прочную основу для его работы. Это означает, что материалы, охватывающие последние два года правления Нерона, были утрачены. Как и в «Историях», Тацит отстаивает тезис о необходимости принципата. Он вновь утверждает, что Август даровал и гарантировал мир государству после долгих лет гражданских войн, но, с другой стороны, показывает темную сторону жизни при Цезарях. История начала принципата – это также история конца политической свободы, которой пользовалась сенаторская аристократия, которую Тацит считал морально разложившейся, коррумпированной и покорной императору во времена республики. Во время правления Нерона широко распространились литературные произведения, оправдывающие этот самоубийственный *exitus illustrium virorum* («конец знаменитых мужей»). Как и в «Агриколе», Тацит выступает против тех, кто выбирал бесполезное мученичество посредством тщетных самоубийств. В «Анналах» Тацит еще больше усовершенствовал стиль портретирования, который так успешно использовал в «Историях». Возможно, лучший портрет – это портрет Тиберия, изображенный косвенно, постепенно вырисовывающийся в ходе повествования, с наблюдениями и комментариями, дополняющими детали. Вольтер в целом критиковал Тацита, утверждая, что он не соответствует стандартам предоставления исторического контекста цивилизации. В 1878 году Джон Уилсон Росс, а в 1890 году Полидор Хохарт предположили, что все «Анналы» были сфальсифицированы итальянским ученым Поджио Браччолини (1380–1459). Происхождение рукописей, содержащих «Анналы», восходит к эпохе Возрождения. В то время как Браччолини обнаружил три небольших произведения в аббатстве Херсфельд в Германии в 1425 году, Заноби да Страда (умерший в 1361 году), вероятно, ранее обнаружил «Анналы» 11–16 в Монте-Кассино, где он некоторое время жил. Независимо от того, были ли рукописи Монте-Кассино перевезены во Флоренцию Боккаччо или да Страдой, Боккаччо использовал «Анналы» при написании «Комментария к Данте» около 1374 года (до рождения Поджио Браччолини), представив рассказ о смерти Сенеки, основанный непосредственно на тацитовском повествовании в 15-й книге «Анналов». Фрэнсис Ньютон утверждает, что, вероятно, «Анналы» 11–16 находились в Монте-Кассино в первой половине правления аббата Дезидерия (1058–1087), который впоследствии стал папой Виктором III. «Анналы» 1–6 были затем независимо обнаружены в аббатстве Корвей в Германии в 1508 году Джованни Анджело Арчимбольди, впоследствии архиепископом Милана, и впервые были опубликованы в Риме в 1515 году Бероальдом по приказу папы Льва X, который впоследствии поместил рукопись в Медицейскую библиотеку во Флоренции.
The Annals (Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. Tacitus' Histories and Annals together amounted to 30 books, although some scholars disagree about which work to assign some books to, traditionally 14 are assigned to Histories and 16 to Annals. Of the 30 books referred to by Jerome about half have survived. Modern scholars believe that as a senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus, the Roman senate's records, thus providing a solid basis for his work. This leaves the material that would have covered the final two years of Nero's reign lost. As in the Histories, Tacitus maintains his thesis of the necessity of the Principate. He says again that Augustus gave and warranted peace to the state after years of civil war, but on the other hand he shows us the dark side of life under the Caesars. The history of the beginning of the principate is also the history of the end of the political freedom that the senatorial aristocracy, which Tacitus viewed as morally decadent, corrupt, and servile towards the emperor, had enjoyed during the republic. During Nero's reign there had been a widespread diffusion of literary works in favor of this suicidal exitus illustrium virorum ("end of the illustrious men"). Again, as in his Agricola, Tacitus is opposed to those who chose useless martyrdom through vain suicides. In the Annals, Tacitus further improved the style of portraiture that he had used so well in the Historiae. Perhaps the best portrait is that of Tiberius, portrayed in an indirect way, painted progressively during the course of a narrative, with observations and commentary along the way filling in details. Voltaire was generally critical of Tacitus and said that Tacitus did not comply with the standards for providing a historical background to civilization. In 1878, John Wilson Ross and, in 1890, Polydore Hochart suggested that the whole of the Annals had been forged by the Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459). The provenance of the manuscripts containing the Annals goes back to the Renaissance. While Bracciolini had discovered three minor works at Hersfeld Abbey in Germany in 1425, Zanobi da Strada (who died in 1361) had probably earlier discovered Annals 11–16 at Monte Cassino where he lived for some time. Regardless of whether the Monte Cassino manuscripts were moved to Florence by Boccaccio or da Strada, Boccaccio made use of the Annals when he wrote Commento di Dante c. 1374 (before the birth of Poggio Bracciolini), giving an account of Seneca's death directly based on the Tacitean account in Annals book 15. Francis Newton states that it is likely that Annals 11–16 were in Monte Cassino during the first half of the rule of Abbot Desiderius (1058–1087) who later became Pope Victor III. Annals 1–6 were then independently discovered at Corvey Abbey in Germany in 1508 by Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi, afterwards Archbishop of Milan, and were first published in Rome in 1515 by Beroaldus, by order of Pope Leo X, who afterwards deposited the manuscript in the Medicean Library in Florence. ! ! Subjects
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| 1 || Death and funeral of Augustus; accession of Tiberius. Drusus and the mutiny of the Pannonian legions. Germanicus and the mutiny of the German legions. |
| 2 || War in Germania continued. Libo Drusus, Piso, and Asinius Gallus oppose Tiberius. Tacfarinas's revolt. Germanicus is posted to Asia Minor, followed by his death. |
| 3 || Germanicus' funeral. Domestic politics and legal matters of Rome. Beginning of the Gallic Wars. Tacfarinas's revolt continued. Rise of Sejanus who poisons Drusus. |
| 4 || Tacfarinas' revolt ends. Fall of Sejanus. War in Thrace. Agrippina makes moves. Tiberius abandons the capital for Campania. Fire on the Coelian Hill in Rome. Condemnation of Titius Sabinus. |
| 5 || Death of Empress Livia (book incomplete). |
| 6 || Parthian War. Fire on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Death of Tiberius. |
| 11 || Claudius becomes emperor. Prosecutions of Suillius. Turmoil in Armenia. Corbulo settles a Frisian revolt. Senatorial rights extended to the provinces. Execution of Messalina. |
| 12 || Claudius remarries, and adopts Nero. Adjustments with Parthia. The pomerium enlarged. Invasion of Britain continues with a campaign against Caratacus. Disorders in Armenia. Draining of Fucine Lake. Death of Claudius. |
| 13 || Nero becomes emperor; the murder of Britannicus. Continued trouble with Parthia over Armenia. Rome meets disaster in Armenia, saved by Corbulo. Wars with and among Germans continue. |
| 14 || Nero murders his mother Agrippina. Neronia founded. Corbulo betters the course of Rome in Armenia. In Britain, the Icenian revolt under Boudicca. Criminal trials and political purges in Rome. Murder of Rubellius Plautus and Octavia. |
| 15 || Roman defeat in Armenia, although "spun" as a victory; followed, however, by a further adjustment with Parthia in which the Parthian king Tiridates travels to Rome to become a nominal vassal of Rome. The Great Fire of Rome. Pisonian conspiracy fails. |
| 16 || Nero plots against Stoicists. Paetus and Soranus are murdered. |}
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The Annals (Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. Tacitus' Histories and Annals together amounted to 30 books, although some scholars disagree about which work to assign some books to, traditionally 14 are assigned to Histories and 16 to Annals. Of the 30 books referred to by Jerome about half have survived. Modern scholars believe that as a senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus, the Roman senate's records, thus providing a solid basis for his work. This leaves the material that would have covered the final two years of Nero's reign lost. As in the Histories, Tacitus maintains his thesis of the necessity of the Principate. He says again that Augustus gave and warranted peace to the state after years of civil war, but on the other hand he shows us the dark side of life under the Caesars. The history of the beginning of the principate is also the history of the end of the political freedom that the senatorial aristocracy, which Tacitus viewed as morally decadent, corrupt, and servile towards the emperor, had enjoyed during the republic. During Nero's reign there had been a widespread diffusion of literary works in favor of this suicidal exitus illustrium virorum ("end of the illustrious men"). Again, as in his Agricola, Tacitus is opposed to those who chose useless martyrdom through vain suicides. In the Annals, Tacitus further improved the style of portraiture that he had used so well in the Historiae. Perhaps the best portrait is that of Tiberius, portrayed in an indirect way, painted progressively during the course of a narrative, with observations and commentary along the way filling in details. Voltaire was generally critical of Tacitus and said that Tacitus did not comply with the standards for providing a historical background to civilization. In 1878, John Wilson Ross and, in 1890, Polydore Hochart suggested that the whole of the Annals had been forged by the Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459). The provenance of the manuscripts containing the Annals goes back to the Renaissance. While Bracciolini had discovered three minor works at Hersfeld Abbey in Germany in 1425, Zanobi da Strada (who died in 1361) had probably earlier discovered Annals 11–16 at Monte Cassino where he lived for some time. Regardless of whether the Monte Cassino manuscripts were moved to Florence by Boccaccio or da Strada, Boccaccio made use of the Annals when he wrote Commento di Dante c. 1374 (before the birth of Poggio Bracciolini), giving an account of Seneca's death directly based on the Tacitean account in Annals book 15. Francis Newton states that it is likely that Annals 11–16 were in Monte Cassino during the first half of the rule of Abbot Desiderius (1058–1087) who later became Pope Victor III. Annals 1–6 were then independently discovered at Corvey Abbey in Germany in 1508 by Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi, afterwards Archbishop of Milan, and were first published in Rome in 1515 by Beroaldus, by order of Pope Leo X, who afterwards deposited the manuscript in the Medicean Library in Florence. ! ! Subjects
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| 1 || Death and funeral of Augustus; accession of Tiberius. Drusus and the mutiny of the Pannonian legions. Germanicus and the mutiny of the German legions. |
| 2 || War in Germania continued. Libo Drusus, Piso, and Asinius Gallus oppose Tiberius. Tacfarinas's revolt. Germanicus is posted to Asia Minor, followed by his death. |
| 3 || Germanicus' funeral. Domestic politics and legal matters of Rome. Beginning of the Gallic Wars. Tacfarinas's revolt continued. Rise of Sejanus who poisons Drusus. |
| 4 || Tacfarinas' revolt ends. Fall of Sejanus. War in Thrace. Agrippina makes moves. Tiberius abandons the capital for Campania. Fire on the Coelian Hill in Rome. Condemnation of Titius Sabinus. |
| 5 || Death of Empress Livia (book incomplete). |
| 6 || Parthian War. Fire on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Death of Tiberius. |
| 11 || Claudius becomes emperor. Prosecutions of Suillius. Turmoil in Armenia. Corbulo settles a Frisian revolt. Senatorial rights extended to the provinces. Execution of Messalina. |
| 12 || Claudius remarries, and adopts Nero. Adjustments with Parthia. The pomerium enlarged. Invasion of Britain continues with a campaign against Caratacus. Disorders in Armenia. Draining of Fucine Lake. Death of Claudius. |
| 13 || Nero becomes emperor; the murder of Britannicus. Continued trouble with Parthia over Armenia. Rome meets disaster in Armenia, saved by Corbulo. Wars with and among Germans continue. |
| 14 || Nero murders his mother Agrippina. Neronia founded. Corbulo betters the course of Rome in Armenia. In Britain, the Icenian revolt under Boudicca. Criminal trials and political purges in Rome. Murder of Rubellius Plautus and Octavia. |
| 15 || Roman defeat in Armenia, although "spun" as a victory; followed, however, by a further adjustment with Parthia in which the Parthian king Tiridates travels to Rome to become a nominal vassal of Rome. The Great Fire of Rome. Pisonian conspiracy fails. |
| 16 || Nero plots against Stoicists. Paetus and Soranus are murdered. |}
1. Смерть и похороны Августа; восхождение Тиберия. Друз и мятеж панонских легионов. Герман и мятеж немецких легионов.
2. Война в Германии продолжается. Либо Друз, Пизо и Азиний Галл выступают против Тиберия. Восстание Такфаринаса. Герман был отправлен в Малую Азию, после чего был убит.
3. Похороны Германика. Внутренняя политика и правовые вопросы Рима. Начало галльских войн. Восстание Такфаринаса продолжается. Восстание Сеяна, который отравил Друза.
4. Восстание Такфаринаса заканчивается. Падение Сеяна. Война в Фракии. Агриппина предпринимает шаги. Тиберий покидает столицу и отправляется в Кампанию. Пожар на Целийском холме в Риме. Осуждение Тиция Сабина.
5. Смерть императрицы Ливии (неполная книга).
6. Парфянская война. Пожар на Авентинском холме в Риме. Смерть Тиберия.
7. Клавдий становится императором. Обвинения Суиллия. Беспорядки в Армении. Корбуло подавляет восстание фризов. Сенаторские права распространяются на провинции. Казнь Мессалины.
8. Клавдий вновь женится и усыновляет Нерона. Урегулирование отношений с Парфией. Увеличение *померия*. Вторжение в Британию продолжается кампанией против Каратака. Беспорядки в Армении. Осушение Фуцинского озера. Смерть Клавдия.
9. Нерон становится императором; убийство Британика. Продолжающиеся проблемы с Парфией из-за Армении. Рим терпит поражение в Армении, но ситуация спасена Корбулом. Войны с германцами и между ними продолжаются.
10. Нерон убивает свою мать Агриппину. Основание Неронии. Корбуло улучшает положение Рима в Армении. В Британии восстание иценов под предводительством Боудикки. Уголовные процессы и политические чистки в Риме. Убийство Рубеллия Плавта и Октавии.
11. Поражение Рима в Армении, хотя и представленное как победа; однако за этим следует дальнейшая договоренность с Парфией, в результате которой парфянский царь Тиридат отправляется в Рим, чтобы стать номинальным вассалом Рима. Великий пожар в Риме. Сговор Писона проваливается.
12. Нерон замышляет против стоиков. Пает и Соран убиты.
The Annals (Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. Tacitus' Histories and Annals together amounted to 30 books, although some scholars disagree about which work to assign some books to, traditionally 14 are assigned to Histories and 16 to Annals. Of the 30 books referred to by Jerome about half have survived. Modern scholars believe that as a senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus, the Roman senate's records, thus providing a solid basis for his work. This leaves the material that would have covered the final two years of Nero's reign lost. As in the Histories, Tacitus maintains his thesis of the necessity of the Principate. He says again that Augustus gave and warranted peace to the state after years of civil war, but on the other hand he shows us the dark side of life under the Caesars. The history of the beginning of the principate is also the history of the end of the political freedom that the senatorial aristocracy, which Tacitus viewed as morally decadent, corrupt, and servile towards the emperor, had enjoyed during the republic. During Nero's reign there had been a widespread diffusion of literary works in favor of this suicidal exitus illustrium virorum ("end of the illustrious men"). Again, as in his Agricola, Tacitus is opposed to those who chose useless martyrdom through vain suicides. In the Annals, Tacitus further improved the style of portraiture that he had used so well in the Historiae. Perhaps the best portrait is that of Tiberius, portrayed in an indirect way, painted progressively during the course of a narrative, with observations and commentary along the way filling in details. Voltaire was generally critical of Tacitus and said that Tacitus did not comply with the standards for providing a historical background to civilization. In 1878, John Wilson Ross and, in 1890, Polydore Hochart suggested that the whole of the Annals had been forged by the Italian scholar Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459). The provenance of the manuscripts containing the Annals goes back to the Renaissance. While Bracciolini had discovered three minor works at Hersfeld Abbey in Germany in 1425, Zanobi da Strada (who died in 1361) had probably earlier discovered Annals 11–16 at Monte Cassino where he lived for some time. Regardless of whether the Monte Cassino manuscripts were moved to Florence by Boccaccio or da Strada, Boccaccio made use of the Annals when he wrote Commento di Dante c. 1374 (before the birth of Poggio Bracciolini), giving an account of Seneca's death directly based on the Tacitean account in Annals book 15. Francis Newton states that it is likely that Annals 11–16 were in Monte Cassino during the first half of the rule of Abbot Desiderius (1058–1087) who later became Pope Victor III. Annals 1–6 were then independently discovered at Corvey Abbey in Germany in 1508 by Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi, afterwards Archbishop of Milan, and were first published in Rome in 1515 by Beroaldus, by order of Pope Leo X, who afterwards deposited the manuscript in the Medicean Library in Florence. ! ! Subjects
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| 1 || Death and funeral of Augustus; accession of Tiberius. Drusus and the mutiny of the Pannonian legions. Germanicus and the mutiny of the German legions. |
| 2 || War in Germania continued. Libo Drusus, Piso, and Asinius Gallus oppose Tiberius. Tacfarinas's revolt. Germanicus is posted to Asia Minor, followed by his death. |
| 3 || Germanicus' funeral. Domestic politics and legal matters of Rome. Beginning of the Gallic Wars. Tacfarinas's revolt continued. Rise of Sejanus who poisons Drusus. |
| 4 || Tacfarinas' revolt ends. Fall of Sejanus. War in Thrace. Agrippina makes moves. Tiberius abandons the capital for Campania. Fire on the Coelian Hill in Rome. Condemnation of Titius Sabinus. |
| 5 || Death of Empress Livia (book incomplete). |
| 6 || Parthian War. Fire on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Death of Tiberius. |
| 11 || Claudius becomes emperor. Prosecutions of Suillius. Turmoil in Armenia. Corbulo settles a Frisian revolt. Senatorial rights extended to the provinces. Execution of Messalina. |
| 12 || Claudius remarries, and adopts Nero. Adjustments with Parthia. The pomerium enlarged. Invasion of Britain continues with a campaign against Caratacus. Disorders in Armenia. Draining of Fucine Lake. Death of Claudius. |
| 13 || Nero becomes emperor; the murder of Britannicus. Continued trouble with Parthia over Armenia. Rome meets disaster in Armenia, saved by Corbulo. Wars with and among Germans continue. |
| 14 || Nero murders his mother Agrippina. Neronia founded. Corbulo betters the course of Rome in Armenia. In Britain, the Icenian revolt under Boudicca. Criminal trials and political purges in Rome. Murder of Rubellius Plautus and Octavia. |
| 15 || Roman defeat in Armenia, although "spun" as a victory; followed, however, by a further adjustment with Parthia in which the Parthian king Tiridates travels to Rome to become a nominal vassal of Rome. The Great Fire of Rome. Pisonian conspiracy fails. |
| 16 || Nero plots against Stoicists. Paetus and Soranus are murdered. |}
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В третьем романе о комиссаре Брунетти «Одетый для смерти» (1994) главный герой читает «Анналы» Тацита в свободное время по вечерам, и в романе неоднократно встречаются отсылки к этому труду. В романе Михаила Булгакова «Мастер и Маргарита» упоминаются «Анналы» Тацита, где редактор «МАССОЛИТ» Берлиоз утверждает, что упоминание о распятии Иисуса Христа является позднейшей вставкой, не принадлежащей перу Тацита. В рассказе Хорхе Луиса Борхеса «Сад расходящихся тропок», когда Ю Цун, главный герой, едет на поезде для выполнения своей последней миссии в вымышленный город Эшгроув, среди немногих попутчиков он замечает молодого человека, увлеченно читающего «Анналы» Тацита. Тацит также кратко упоминается в романе Энн Рэдклифф «Мистерии Удольфо», в шестом томе, восьмой главе.