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Excerpt from The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Vol. 5 of 8: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &C.; With the Author's Last Corrections The aera, from which it is my intention to deduce the following narration, is the second consulship Of Servius Galba, when Titus Vinius was his colleague in Office. Of the antecedent period, including a space Of eight hundred and twenty years (a) from the foundation of Rome, the history has been composed by various authors, who, as long as they had before them the transactions (b) Of the Roman people, dig nified their work with eloquence equal to the subject, and a Spirit of freedom worthy of the Old republic. After the battle of Actium, when, to close the scene. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.