Tacitus: The Histories, Hardcover/Cornelius Tacitus

We live today with the effects of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, so to understand where we are, we must know where we were. Tacitus was an ancient Roman historian that gives us a deep look at one period in Rome's chaotic story. While Tacitus doesn't provide us all we need to know the story of 'us', he does fill in important gaps, which means that Tacitus and his "Histories" is essential reading.