Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II

TACITUS THE HISTORIES
TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
W. HAMILTON FYFE
FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE
IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I VOLUME II
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1912
HENRY FROWDE
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
TO
D. H. F. 'The cause of undertaking a work of this kind was a good will in this scribling age not to do nothing, and a disproportion in the powers of my mind, nothing of mine owne invention being able to passe the censure of mine owne judgement, much less, I presumed, the judgement of others.... 'If thy stomacke be so tender as thou canst not disgest Tacitus in his owne stile, thou art beholding to one who gives thee the same food, but with a pleasant and easie taste.' SIR H ENRY SAVILE (A.D. 1591).
CONTENTS
VOLUME I INTRODUCTION TEXT: BOOKS I, II VOLUME II TEXT: BOOKS III-V INDEX OF N AMES MAPS 9 231 5 17
VOLUME I INTRODUCTION SUMMARY OF C HIEF EVENTS BOOK I PREFACE THE STATE OF THE EMPIRE GALBA'S POSITION THE D ISTRIBUTION OF FORCES THE GERMAN R EVOLT AND THE ADOPTION OF P ISO GALBA'S MEASURES OF PRECAUTION THE R ISE OF OTHO THE FALL OF GALBA OTHO ON THE THRONE D RAMATIS PERSONAE THE R ISE OF VITELLIUS THE MARCH OF VALENS' C OLUMN THE MARCH OF C AECINA'S C OLUMN OTHO 'S GOVERNMENT AND THE D ISTRIBUTION OF FORCES OTHO 'S PLANS BOOK II VESPASIAN AND THE EAST THE TRIAL OF ANNIUS FAUSTUS OTHO 'S MEASURES OF D EFENCE THE D ECISIVE STRUGGLE VITELLIUS' PRINCIPATE THE ...