Annals

''He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden... In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike''Such is Tacitus'' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the ''artist'' Nero. The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system, and of ...