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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDICES A.--THE ANCIENT AUTHORITIES. B.--CHRISTIANITY AND THE GOVERNMENT. C.--NERO'S TITLES, ETC. APPENDICES APPENDIX A THE ANCIENT AUTHORITIES i. Tacitus. Tacitus narrates the last part of the principate of Claudius from A.d. 47 to his death in Oct. 54 in Annals--Books xi. and xii. Books xiii.-xvi. contain the principate of Nero from his accession to the scene of the death of Thrasea in 'a.d. 66, where the work abruptly breaks off unfinished. This part of Tacitus' work was written under Trajan probably about A.d. 115, and thus the question of its credibility turns largely on the sources Tacitus himself consulted. For the "personal equation" cf. especially Hermann Peter, "Die Geschichtliche Literatur iiber die Romische Kaiserzeit bis Theodosius I. und ihre Quellen "--8vo. Leipzig, 1897. Band ii. pp. 42-67--whose views I briefly adopt. Tacitus' Sources: [Chief modern works: i. Callegari, Ettore: Dei Fonti per la Storia di Nerone (ap. Atti del reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Serie 6. Tom. 6, pp. 1099-1136, 1397-1454; Tom. 7, pp. 153-198, 219-252: Ann. 1887-1889) --a good piece of work though the method recommended is obvious and its conclusion somewhat trite. 2. Appelquist, Hj: De praecipuis rerum Gai Claudii Neronis scriptoribus; Helsingforsiae; pp. 85. 3. Fabia, Philippe: Les Sources de Tacite dans les Histoires et les Annales. 8vo. Paris, 1893, pp. xxii. 462, with good bibliography; criticised by 4. Boissier, Gas/on, ap. Journal des Savants--July 1895--pp. 403-413. 5. Hardy, E. G: Plutarch's Lives of Galba and Otho, i zmo. London. Introd. pp. ix.-lv.] (a) Primary Sources mentioned by Tacitus are: i. Commentarii Senatus: once in xv. 74. ii. Acta Diurna Urbis or P.R.: twice: in xiii. 31 (contemptuously), and xvi. 22....
