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New, original translation by W.T. Carbonneau of the work by Tacitus from the 2nd century CE (Common Era). The Roman official and author Cornelius Tacitus wrote a history, now known to us as the Annals, of the Roman Principate covering the years 14 - 68 CE. The translator has produced a non-scholarly edition of a portion of that history, Book Four; experts consider this portion to be among the finest surviving writings of Tacitus. Along with the accompanying introduction, the translation attempts to provide the general reader with the author's view of the Principate following the death of Augustus when, according to Tacitus, the affairs of Rome began to worsen due to the eroding character of the Emperor Tiberius, and also due to the malign influence of his minister, Aelius Sejanus.