Tacitus, Annals and Histories

Tacitus, Annals and Histories: a Standard history source. Covers AD 14 – 70, with 294 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeStandard history
ViewpointInsider account
Years coveredAD 14 – 70
Events294 events, 285 placed on the map
AuthorPublius Cornelius Tacitus
Original titleAnnales / Historiae

Regions: Southern Europe 153 · Western Europe 78 · West Asia 46 · Egypt & North Africa 14 · Central Asia 2 · Eastern Europe & Russia 1

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 14NolaThe final journey of the ailing Augustus ends at Nola (Nola is mentioned in the text)Ann. 1.5
AD 14PlanasiaFirst crime of the new reign — Agrippa Postumus of Planasia is killed by a centurionAnn. 1.6
AD 14RomaDiscussion of Augustus' funeral; the will brought by the Vestal Virgins names Tiberius and Livia as heirsAnn. 1.8
AD 14RomaThe election of magistrates passes from the Campus Martius to the SenateAnn. 1.15
AD 14PannoniaMutiny breaks out in the Pannonian legions, taking advantage of the change of emperorAnn. 1.16
AD 14NauportusA unit sent to Nauportus for road and bridge work hears the uproar in the camp, pulls up its standards and plundersAnn. 1.20
AD 14PannoniaTiberius sends his son Drusus to the Pannonian camp with leading men and two cohorts of the Praetorian GuardAnn. 1.24
AD 14PannoniaSoldiers alarmed by a lunar eclipse — the moon's light going out in the night sky — begin to calm downAnn. 1.28
AD 14Ara UbiorumFor the same reason, the legions in Germania rebel on a larger scaleAnn. 1.31
AD 14GalliaGermanicus, while collecting taxes in Gaul, hears of Augustus' deathAnn. 1.33
AD 14Ara UbiorumEnvoys of the Senate meet Germanicus at the altar of the UbiiAnn. 1.39
AD 14VeteraThe 5th and 21st legions riot at the 'Old Camp' (Vetera), sixty miles awayAnn. 1.45
AD 14Germania MagnaGermanicus, by forced march, cuts through the forest and advances into enemy territoryAnn. 1.50
AD 14Germania MagnaHe divides the army into four and lays waste fifty miles with fire and swordAnn. 1.51
AD 15Germania MagnaGermanicus entrusts four legions to Caecina and marches with an equal force himselfAnn. 1.56
AD 15Germania MagnaEnvoys of Segestes ask for help against a siege by their own kinsmenAnn. 1.57
AD 15Germania MagnaA speech draws in not only the Cherusci but neighboring tribes, and Inguiomerus as wellAnn. 1.60
AD 15Teutoburgiensis SaltusGermanicus wishes to pay his respects at the last site of Varus's legionsAnn. 1.61
AD 15Teutoburgiensis SaltusSix years after the disaster, they begin to bury the bones of three legionsAnn. 1.62
AD 15Germania MagnaGermanicus pursues Arminius, who withdraws into places without roadsAnn. 1.63
AD 15Germania MagnaThe barbarians break through the outposts and attack, harassing the engineersAnn. 1.64
AD 15VeteraAgrippina prevents the destruction of the bridge over the RhineAnn. 1.69
AD 15TarracoThe Spaniards are allowed to build a temple of Augustus at TarracoAnn. 1.78
AD 16ParthiaParthian nobles resent a king from abroad, and unrest breaks out in the EastAnn. 2.1
AD 16ParthiaArtabanus, of Arsacid blood, takes the kingdomAnn. 2.3
AD 16LupiaGermanicus moves on news that the fort on the bank of the Lupia river is besiegedAnn. 2.7
AD 16Fossa DrusianaWhen the fleet arrives, it enters the 'Canal of Drusus' and prays to his father DrususAnn. 2.8
AD 16VisurgisAcross the Visurgis (Weser) river, Arminius on the bank asks whether Caesar has come and asks for a conferenceAnn. 2.9
AD 16VisurgisCaesar crosses the Visurgis and learns from deserters that the enemy is gathering in the forest dedicated to HerculesAnn. 2.12
AD 16IdistavisoThe Cherusci chiefs send their forces down to the plain of IdistavisoAnn. 2.16
AD 16IdistavisoCaesar has his finest cavalry attack the charging Cherusci on the flank (Battle of Idistaviso)Ann. 2.17
AD 16IdistavisoFrom nine in the morning until dusk they slaughter the enemy; a great victory, with weapons and corpses strewn over ten milesAnn. 2.18
AD 16Germania MagnaThe Germans, leaving their homes, try to withdraw beyond the Elbe but fight again at the Angrivarian rampartAnn. 2.19
AD 16Germania MagnaPraising the victorious army, an inscription bearing Tiberius's name is carved on the trophy of piled weaponsAnn. 2.22
AD 16AmisiaIn midsummer, some legions march overland to winter quarters, while most board the fleet and sail down the Amisia to the oceanAnn. 2.23
AD 16Oceanus GermanicusAn ocean storm inflicts great disaster on the fleetAnn. 2.24
AD 17OstiaA false Agrippa (Clemens) arrives at Ostia and draws the crowd's attentionAnn. 2.40
AD 17RomaAn arch is dedicated near the temple of Saturn to commemorate the recovery of the standards lost to VarusAnn. 2.41
AD 17RomaTiberius tells the Senate that the unrest in the East can be settled only by the wisdom of GermanicusAnn. 2.43
AD 17Germania MagnaThe Semnones and Langobardi break away from Maroboduus's kingdom and side with the CherusciAnn. 2.45
AD 17SardisTwelve famous cities of Asia collapse in a night earthquake (including Sardis)Ann. 2.47
AD 17NumidiaIn Africa, a war led by the Numidian Tacfarinas breaks outAnn. 2.52
AD 18NicopolisGermanicus takes up his second consulship at Nicopolis in AchaeaAnn. 2.53
AD 18LesbosVia Euboea, they cross to Lesbos, where Agrippina gives birth to JuliaAnn. 2.54
AD 18AthenaePiso enters Athens noisily, threatening the citizens and accusing GermanicusAnn. 2.55
AD 18ArtaxataGermanicus settles the Armenian affairs and installs a new king at ArtaxataAnn. 2.56
AD 18 – 19NoricumMaroboduus crosses the Danube near Noricum and writes to TiberiusAnn. 2.63
AD 19AlexandriaIn the year of the consulship, Germanicus sets out for Egypt to see the ancient monumentsAnn. 2.59
AD 19CanopusSetting out from Canopus, he sails up the NileAnn. 2.60
AD 19ThebaeHe tours Egypt's marvels, the Colossus of Memnon and the pyramidsAnn. 2.61
AD 19CiliciaBonones, exiled to Cilicia, bribes his guards and tries to flee to Armenia, but diesAnn. 2.68
AD 19AntiochiaGermanicus returns and finds all his orders reversed, and clashes with PisoAnn. 2.69
AD 19AntiochiaGermanicus, as his illness worsens, leaves his final words to the friends at his sideAnn. 2.71
AD 19AntiochiaGermanicus' funeral; his praises and virtues are rememberedAnn. 2.73
AD 19AntiochiaAgrippina boards ship with Germanicus' ashes and childrenAnn. 2.75
AD 19LyciaPiso's party sails along the coasts of Lycia and Pamphylia and meets Agrippina's fleetAnn. 2.79
AD 19CelenderisPiso seizes the Cilician fortress of CelenderisAnn. 2.80
AD 19CelenderisPiso stands before the walls and calls to his soldiers, but is besiegedAnn. 2.81
AD 20CorcyraAgrippina, without pausing for the winter voyage, reaches the island of CorcyraAnn. 3.1
AD 20BrundisiumAgrippina lands at Brundisium; officials of Calabria, Apulia and Campania pay funeral honoursAnn. 3.2
AD 20RomaOn the day the ashes are placed in the tomb of Augustus, the city is full of lamentationAnn. 3.4
AD 20AnconaPiso crosses the Dalmatian sea, leaves his ships at Ancona and follows the Picene and Flaminian roadsAnn. 3.9
AD 20RomaAt a meeting of the Senate, Tiberius opens Piso's trial with a cautious speechAnn. 3.12
AD 20NumidiaThe defeated Tacfarinas renews the war in Africa through plunderAnn. 3.20
AD 21GalliaIn debt-ridden Gaul, Florus of the Treveri and Sacrovir of the Aedui stir up a revoltAnn. 3.40
AD 21CaesarodunumThe Andecavi and the Turoni rise first; the Andecavi are suppressed by an officerAnn. 3.41
AD 21Augusta TreverorumFlorus plans to massacre Roman traders with Treveran cavalryAnn. 3.42
AD 21AugustodunumSacrovir seizes Augustodunum, the city of the AeduiAnn. 3.43
AD 21AugustodunumWhen the legions march in battle order, the inexperienced civilian rebels are crushedAnn. 3.46
AD 22RomaTiberius asks that Drusus be granted tribunician powerAnn. 3.56
AD 22EphesusThe Ephesians claim that Artemis and Apollo were born in their own land, not on DelosAnn. 3.61
AD 22RomaSilanus, governor of Asia, is accused by the provincials of exploitationAnn. 3.66
AD 22Africa ProconsularisTacfarinas grows so arrogant that he sends envoys to Tiberius; Blaesus is rewardedAnn. 3.73
AD 23RomaIn the ninth year of Tiberius' reign, Sejanus rises amid the calmAnn. 4.1
AD 23RomaThe scattered Praetorian Guard is gathered into one campAnn. 4.2
AD 23RomaSejanus has the eunuch Lygdus give Drusus a slow-acting poisonAnn. 4.8
AD 24RomaThe consul Varro attacks Silius and his wife SosiaAnn. 4.19
AD 24Africa ProconsularisThe war with the Numidian Tacfarinas, who long troubled Rome, ends this yearAnn. 4.23
AD 24AuziaNews that Numidians pitched tents near the half-ruined fort of AuzeaAnn. 4.25
AD 24BrundisiumThe budding slave war in Italy led by Titus Curtisius, a former guard, is accidentally suppressedAnn. 4.27
AD 25RomaCremutius Cordus is accused on a new charge over a history that praised Brutus and CassiusAnn. 4.34
AD 25Hispania UlteriorDistant Spain sends envoys to the Senate asking for temples to Tiberius and his mother to be builtAnn. 4.37
AD 25TermesIn Nearer Spain, a farmer from Termes suddenly attacks and kills the governor Lucius PisoAnn. 4.45
AD 26HaemusPoppaeus Sabinus heavily defeats the mountain Thracian tribes and receives triumphal ornamentsAnn. 4.46
AD 26HaemusBarbarians swarm down and hurl stones and fire-hardened stakes at the rampartAnn. 4.51
AD 26RomaThe first step to Agrippina's ruin: her cousin Claudia Pulchra is accused by Domitius AferAnn. 4.52
AD 26CapuaTiberius withdraws to Campania and pretends to dedicate a temple of Jupiter at Capua and a temple of Augustus at NolaAnn. 4.57
AD 26FundiA dangerous incident during a meal strengthens trust in SejanusAnn. 4.59
AD 27FidenaeThe collapse of an amphitheater built by the freedman Atilius, a disasterAnn. 4.62
AD 27RomaA great fire reduces the Caelian Hill to ashesAnn. 4.64
AD 27CapreaeAfter the dedication of the temples in Campania, Tiberius announces by edict that he will not be disturbed, and withdraws into seclusionAnn. 4.67
AD 28FrisiiAcross the Rhine, the Frisii break the peace, provoked by Roman greedAnn. 4.72
AD 28FrisiiThe governor of Lower Germany, Apronius, summons troops from the upper provinces to respond to the FrisiiAnn. 4.73
AD 29RomaLivia (Julia Augusta) dies of old ageAnn. 5.1
AD 29CapreaeTiberius skips his mother's funeral, citing public duties, and explains himself by letterAnn. 5.2
AD 31RomaRight after Sejanus' fall, forty-four speeches in the Senate — the preface survives only in fragmentsAnn. 5.6
AD 31RomaIt is decided to punish even Sejanus' surviving childrenAnn. 5.9
AD 32SurrentumFrom Capreae, crossing the strait toward Surrentum, he sails along the Campanian coastAnn. 6.1
AD 32RomaSoaring grain prices spark fierce demands against the emperor in the theaterAnn. 6.13
AD 33RomaSextus Marius, the richest man in Spain, is thrown from the Tarpeian RockAnn. 6.19
AD 33PandateriaNews of Agrippina's endAnn. 6.25
AD 34AegyptusAfter many long years, a phoenix appears in EgyptAnn. 6.28
AD 34MoesiaPomponius Labeo, governor of Moesia, kills himself by cutting his veinsAnn. 6.29
AD 35RomaParthian nobles come to Rome secretly, without King Artabanus knowingAnn. 6.31
AD 35IberiaMithridates persuades the Iberian king Pharasmanes to target Armenia by guile and forceAnn. 6.33
AD 35ArmeniaSarmatian mercenaries join in, and a great battle breaks out in ArmeniaAnn. 6.35
AD 36EuphratesWhen Artabanus flees, Vitellius incites Tiridates to march with legions and allied troopsAnn. 6.37
AD 36Seleucia on the TigrisThe powerful city of Seleucia shows the most conspicuous flatteryAnn. 6.42
AD 36RomaThe Circus Maximus near the Aventine Hill and the Aventine district burnAnn. 6.45
AD 37MisenumTiberius' last days, as his strength declinesAnn. 6.50
AD 47RomaMessalina sets her sights on the Lucullan gardens and on Valerius Asiaticus, twice consulAnn. 11.1
AD 47ArmeniaMithridates, imprisoned by Gaius, returns to the kingdom of ArmeniaAnn. 11.8
AD 47RomaThe secular games are held, 800 years after the founding of Rome and the first in sixty-four years since AugustusAnn. 11.11
AD 47Germania MagnaThe Cherusci, having lost their nobles in civil war, ask Rome for a king, and Italicus is chosenAnn. 11.16
AD 47Germania InferiorAfter Sacinius' death, the Chauci raid Lower Germany on their way to CorbuloAnn. 11.18
AD 47FrisiiFear spreads; the Frisii submit, and the soldiers' morale risesAnn. 11.19
AD 47Germania InferiorClaudius' letter ordering withdrawal arrives at CorbuloAnn. 11.20
AD 48RomaLeading men of Gallia Comata demand seats in the Senate, and the matter is debatedAnn. 11.23
AD 48RomaThe emperor, citing ancestral precedent in the Senate, argues for admitting GaulsAnn. 11.24
AD 48OstiaWhile Claudius is at Ostia, the catastrophe of Messalina and Silius unfoldsAnn. 11.26
AD 48RomaMessalina openly holds a marriage ceremony with SiliusAnn. 11.27
AD 48RomaMessalina, seeking a way to survive, holds on by writing letters in the Lucullan gardensAnn. 11.37
AD 48RomaMessalina, with a dagger to her throat, is killed by a blow from a guard officerAnn. 11.38
AD 49RomaThe Senate legalizes the marriage of Claudius and Agrippina, and cheers eruptAnn. 12.7
AD 49RomaOn the day of the wedding, Silanus kills himselfAnn. 12.8
AD 49RomaA Parthian envoy appears before the Senate to request the return of MeherdatesAnn. 12.10
AD 49ZeugmaCassius escorts Meherdates to Zeugma on the EuphratesAnn. 12.12
AD 49TigrisCrossing snow-covered mountains and the Tigris, he joins the forces of the CarenesAnn. 12.13
AD 49PanticapaeumMithridates of Bosporus, now a fugitive, gathers troops after learning the Roman army has withdrawnAnn. 12.15
AD 49UspeAfter capturing the city of Uspe, the question of massacring the captives arises, and an offer of 10,000 slaves is madeAnn. 12.17
AD 49RomaMithridates, escorted to Rome, speaks boldly before the emperorAnn. 12.21
AD 50RomaUnder the influence of Pallas, the adoption of Domitius (Nero) is hurriedAnn. 12.25
AD 50Colonia AgrippinaAgrippina has a veterans' colony founded at the capital of the Ubii, her birthplaceAnn. 12.27
AD 50Germania MagnaVannius, the Suebian king installed by Drusus, is driven from his kingdomAnn. 12.29
AD 50BritanniaIn Britain, governor Ostorius confronts an enemy that has attacked the allied territoriesAnn. 12.31
AD 50BritanniaHe marches toward the Silures, where Caratacus' power is greatAnn. 12.33
AD 50BritanniaAcross the river, behind a rampart and on steep heights, a major battle with the Britons — Caratacus is defeatedAnn. 12.35
AD 50BrigantesCaratacus flees to Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes, and is handed over in chainsAnn. 12.36
AD 50RomaThe captive Caratacus gives a speech before the emperor's tribunalAnn. 12.37
AD 50BritanniaOn news of Ostorius' death, Claudius appoints Aulus Didius as successorAnn. 12.40
AD 51ArmeniaRadamistus approaches his father-in-law and uncle Mithridates with oaths, and then betrays himAnn. 12.47
AD 51ArmeniaVologeses seizes the chance to invade ArmeniaAnn. 12.50
AD 52Lacus FucinusA massive project to pierce the mountain between Lake Fucinus and the Liris river is completed and prepared as a spectacleAnn. 12.56
AD 53RomaSixteen-year-old Nero marries Octavia, the emperor's daughterAnn. 12.58
AD 53ByzantiumAn envoy from Byzantium complains of heavy burdens and recalls its historyAnn. 12.62
AD 54SinuessaThe sick Claudius goes to Sinuessa to recuperateAnn. 12.66
AD 54RomaAt noon on October 13 the palace gates open, and Nero goes out before the guard with BurrusAnn. 12.69
AD 54AsiaThe first death of the new reign: Junius Silanus, governor of Asia, is killed through Agrippina's schemeAnn. 13.1
AD 54ArmeniaAt year's end, rumors that the Parthians have trampled Armenia and driven out RadamistusAnn. 13.6
AD 55RomaThe death and funeral of Britannicus take place on the same nightAnn. 13.17
AD 58ArmeniaIn Nero's third consulship year, Corbulo takes charge of the Armenian warAnn. 13.34
AD 58ArmeniaWith the support of his brother Vologeses, Tiridates openly plunders ArmeniaAnn. 13.37
AD 58VolandumCorbulo besieges and takes an Armenian fortress (Volandum in the text)Ann. 13.39
AD 58ArtaxataCorbulo marches the legions without baggage to Artaxata to try to blockade the cityAnn. 13.41
AD 58RomaPoppaea Sabina becomes entangled with Nero through her affair with OthoAnn. 13.45
AD 58MassiliaNero, suspecting Sulla, exiles him to MassiliaAnn. 13.47
AD 58RomaResponding to popular demands against the greed of tax collectors, the question of abolishing indirect taxes is deliberatedAnn. 13.50
AD 58FrisiiDuring a lull in Roman rule, the Frisii settle the empty land along the Rhine bankAnn. 13.54
AD 58Germania MagnaThe Amsivarii take possession of that landAnn. 13.55
AD 58Germania MagnaA great battle between the Hermunduri and the Chatti over a river rich in saltAnn. 13.57
AD 59AntiumAgrippina withdraws to her gardens and her estates at Tusculum and AntiumAnn. 14.3
AD 59BaiaeAt Baiae, Nero celebrates the five-day Minerva festival and summons his motherAnn. 14.4
AD 59BaiaeUnder a starry sky at sea, the ship collapses strangely — a plan to harm AgrippinaAnn. 14.5
AD 59BaiaeAgrippina is killed at the Villa of Baulus, and cremated that same nightAnn. 14.9
AD 59PompeiiThe people of Nuceria and Pompeii clash bloodily at a gladiator showAnn. 14.17
AD 60RomaGreek-style games are instituted to be held at Rome every five yearsAnn. 14.20
AD 60TigranocertaAfter Artaxata is destroyed, Corbulo turns against TigranocertaAnn. 14.23
AD 60TigranocertaA fortress shut by a young volunteer band is taken after a fightAnn. 14.25
AD 60Laodicea ad LycumLaodicea, a famous city of Asia, collapses in an earthquakeAnn. 14.27
AD 61MonaOn the shore of Mona, the Druids and black-robed women stand before the enemy lined upAnn. 14.30
AD 61BritanniaAfter Icenian king Prasutagus makes the emperor his heir, the province suddenly revoltsAnn. 14.31
AD 61CamulodunumThe victory statue at Camulodunum falls, and the Britons take the cityAnn. 14.32
AD 61LondiniumSuetonius passes through hostile territory to Londinium, a city crowded with merchantsAnn. 14.33
AD 61BritanniaBoudica puts her daughters on her chariot and calls on the tribes for revengeAnn. 14.35
AD 61BritanniaThe legions use a narrow valley as a shield, exhaust their javelins, then counterattack for a great victoryAnn. 14.37
AD 62RomaBurrus dies, of illness or of poisonAnn. 14.51
AD 62AsiaThe plot to murder the exiled Plautus is carried outAnn. 14.59
AD 62RomaNero divorces Octavia and prepares to marry PoppaeaAnn. 14.60
AD 62PandateriaOctavia, twenty years old, is executedAnn. 14.64
AD 62ArmeniaNews of Corbulo's success and of Tigranes' accession to Armenia reaches VologesesAnn. 15.1
AD 62TigranocertaMonaeses rushes his troops forward, advancing toward TigranocertaAnn. 15.4
AD 62TaurusPaetus disregards the omens and crosses the Taurus to restore ArmeniaAnn. 15.8
AD 62EuphratesCorbulo closely guards the banks of the Euphrates and tries to build a bridgeAnn. 15.9
AD 62RhandeiaVologeses fiercely attacks the surrounded Roman camp and fortressesAnn. 15.13
AD 62EuphratesThe two generals talk briefly; Corbulo complains that he missed the chance to end the warAnn. 15.17
AD 63ArmeniaCorbulo repairs the old road opened by Lucullus and advancesAnn. 15.27
AD 63RhandeiaTiridates boasts of his bloodline before Corbulo and negotiatesAnn. 15.29
AD 64NeapolisNero sings in public for the first time at Neapolis, intending to appear on the public stageAnn. 15.33
AD 64NeapolisRight after the audience leaves, the theater collapsesAnn. 15.34
AD 64RomaA great fire of uncertain cause, accident or arson, starts near the Circus MaximusAnn. 15.38
AD 64AntiumNero returns to Rome from Antium only when the flames come close to his own houseAnn. 15.39
AD 64RomaAfter five days, the fire is stopped by tearing down buildings at the foot of the EsquilineAnn. 15.40
AD 64RomaUsing the ruins, Nero builds a new palace of jewels and goldAnn. 15.42
AD 64RomaTo cover the rumors of arson, Christians are punishedAnn. 15.44
AD 65RomaIn the consulship year of Nerva and Vestinus, Piso's conspiracy spreadsAnn. 15.48
AD 65BaiaeFearing discovery, they resolve to hurry the assassination at Piso's villa at BaiaeAnn. 15.52
AD 65RomaMilichus knocks at the door of the Sergian garden, intending to make a serious denunciationAnn. 15.55
AD 65RomaSeneca asks for writing tablets to draft his will, but is refusedAnn. 15.62
AD 65CarthagoCaesellius Bassus of Carthage deceives Nero by promising the discovery of treasureAnn. 16.1
AD 65RomaRight after the games, Poppaea, heavily pregnant, is kicked to death by NeroAnn. 16.6

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