The greatest work of the greatest historian of ancient Rome, is how translator and editor A. J. Woodman (classics, U. of Virginia) characterizes the Annals. Though it is not complete in its coverage of the years between the accession of Tiberius in AD 14 and the suicide of Nero in AD 68, it is the most detailed account of the period in Roman History. He includes glossaries of political and military terms and of people and places, without pronunciation guides. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)