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Works of Tacitus, Vol. I, The by Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 - 117) and Thomas Gordon (c.1691 - 1750)

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The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only books 1-5 of the Histories and 1-6 and 11-16 of the Annals survive), enough remains to provide a good sense of Tacitus’s political and moral philosophy.He recognized the necessity for strong rulers but argued that more should be done to manage the succession …