Tacitus's Annals, Book XIV, read here in the standard Loeb Classical Library edition, is a primary ancient Roman source written within living memory of Nero's reign, drawing on Roman senatorial records and oral testimony largely unavailable to us otherwise. Its strength is that direct closeness to events. Its limit is that Tacitus wrote with an explicit moral and political viewpoint hostile to the emperors he covers, so his account should be read as testimony shaped by that stance; no single publication year is given because the work survives through manuscript transmission rather than as one dated edition.
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Tacitus's Annals, Book XIV, read in the standard Loeb Classical Library edition, the top tier reflecting a primary ancient Roman source written within living memory of Nero's reign, drawing on senatorial records and oral testimony largely unavailable to us otherwise. Tacitus wrote with an explicit moral and political viewpoint hostile to the emperors he covers, so his account should be read as testimony shaped by that stance; no single publication year is given because the work survives through manuscript transmission rather than as one dated edition. NotesTacitus's ancient Roman historical text, Book XIV of the Annals, in Loeb Classical Library edition.
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AuthorPublius Cornelius Tacitus
PublisherLoeb Classical Library
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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