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Tacitus: The HistoriesOxford World's Classics Edward Gibbon called The Histories an `immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images'. Its author, Cornelius Tacitus, widely acknowledged as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous `Year of the Four Emperors' AD 69 when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civil war. The ultimate triumph of

Sidonius’ writings shed valued light on Roman culture in the fifth century

and encompass history and technical treatises as well as philosophy

Volume I presents Sappho and Alcaeus

Ποιος ήταν αυτός που είπε πως η πραγματική τραγωδία της ζωής είναι να αποκτάς αυτό που θέλεις

Basil and influential in the development of Julian’s paganism

the end of the ancient world

and constantly surrounding yourself with rabid supporters

2: mathematical and metrological survey of the universe

Themis encounters another prisoner whose life will entwine with her own in ways neither can foresee

and follies of the big city have been admired and used by many English writers

with the Argives

The introduction deals with Dio’s life