内容简介
InAD68,Nero'ssuicidemarkedtheendofthefirstdynastyofimperialRome.Thefollowingyearwasoneofdramaanddanger,withfouremperors-Galba,Otho,Vitellius,andVespasian-emerginginsuccession.Basedonauthoritativesources,TheHistoriesvividlyrecountsthedetailsofthe"longbutsingleyear"ofrevolutionthatbroughttheRomanempiretothebrinkofcollapse.
作者简介
Tacitus(c.55-120),knowninRomeforhisimpressiveoratory,maintainedapoliticalcareerasasenatorunderVespasian,Titus,andDomitian.KennethWellesley(d.1995)wasarenownedscholarandtranslatorofancientRomantexts.RhiannonAshisafellowandtutorinclassicsatMertonCollege,Oxford.ShehaspublishedextensivelyonthehistoryofancientRome.