Readings from Tacitus

Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 56–c. AD 120) was a senator and an historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69). In this recording, John F. C. Richards, a professor of Greek and Latin at Columbia University, reads selections from these two works in Latin. This is one of ten albums recorded by Richards for Folkways Records. The liner notes contain the Latin texts and English translations.

Track Listing

101	The Annals of Tacitus: I, 1-2 (Urbem Roman - Mallent) John F.C. Richards	03:46
102	The Annals of Tacitus: I, 72-73 (Nomen Patris - Dis Curae) John F.C. Richards	04:43
103	The Annals of Tacitus: VI, 22 (Sed Mihi - Tulerit) John F.C. Richards	02:40
104	The Annals of Tacitus: VI, 51 (Pater Ei - Utebatur) John F.C. Richards	02:43
105	The Annals of Tacitus: XI, 24 (His Atque Talibus - Exempla Erit) John F.C. Richards	04:57
106	The Annals of Tacitus: XV, 44 (Sed Non Ope - Absumerentur) John F.C. Richards	02:56
107	The Annals of Tacitus: XVI, 34-35 (Tum Ad Thrasean - Exemplis) John F.C. Richards	03:03
201	The Histories of Tacitus: I, 1 (Initium - Licet) John F.C. Richards	03:07
202	The Histories of Tacitus: I, 2-3 (Opus - Ultionem) John F.C. Richards	04:50
203	The Histories of Tacitus: I, 49 (Hunc Exitum - Imperasset) John F.C. Richards	02:12
204	The Histories of Tacitus: III, 33 (Quadraginta - Defensum) John F.C. Richards	02:39
205	The Histories of Tacitus: IV, 5-6 (Helvidius - Requirentium) John F.C. Richards	03:14
206	The Histories of Tacitus: Agricola, 2-3 (Legimus - Venimus) John F.C. Richards	04:33
207	Histories: 30, Quotiens (Appellant) John F.C. Richards	03:23
208	Histories: 44-45, Nam Sicut (Muniebat) John F.C. Richards	02:43