Tacitus

====The ''Annals''====
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The ''Annals'', Tacitus's final work, covers the period from the death of [[Augustus]] in AD&nbsp;14. He wrote at least sixteen books, but books&nbsp;7–10 and parts of books&nbsp;5, 6, 11, and 16 are missing. Book&nbsp;6 ends with the death of [[Tiberius]], and books 7–12 presumably covered the reigns of [[Caligula]] and [[Claudius]]. The remaining books cover the reign of Nero, perhaps until his death in June 68 or until the end of that year to connect with the ''Histories''. The second half of book&nbsp;16 is missing, ending with the events of 66. It is not known whether Tacitus completed the work; he died before he could complete his planned histories of Nerva and Trajan, and no record survives of the work on Augustus and the beginnings of the [[Roman Empire]], with which he had planned to finish his work. The ''Annals'' is one of the earliest secular historical records to mention [[Jesus|Christ]], which Tacitus does in connection with [[Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire#Neronian persecution|Nero's persecution of the Christians]].
[[File:MII.png|thumb|''Annals'' 15.44, in the second Medicean manuscript]]