Annals (Tacitus)

The Annals were a great work of the Roman historian and moralist Tacitus. The book chronicles the Julio-Claudian dynasty from the death of Augustus. The work consisted of 16 books which survive in a fragmented state with Books 7 to 10 being lost entirely, along with half of book 11 and alomst all of book 5. The end of the 16th book also seems to be lost, yet it is also possible that Tacitus died before the work was completed. This means that the entirety of what Tacitus wrote about Caligula, half of he wrote about Claudius and possibly the last two years of Nero have been lost.
The structure of the book can still be outlined though and that is as follows
Books	
Regin of Emperor	Years 	Status 	Manuscript
I 	Tiberius 	14 – 15	Intact 	Codex Mediceus
II 	Tiberius 	16 – 19	Intact 	Codex Mediceus
III 	Tiberius 	20 – 22	Intact 	Codex Mediceus
IV 	Tiberius 	23 – 28	Intact 	Codex Mediceus
V 	Tiberius 	29-30 	Lost 	Codex Mediceus
VI 	Tiberius 	31 – 37	Intact 	Codex Mediceus
VII 	Caligula 	37 –?? 	Lost 	Unkown
VIII 	Caligula? 	?? 	Lost 	Unkown
IX 	Caligula? 	?? 	Lost 	Unkown
X 	Claudius 	?? 	Lost 	Unkown
XI   	Claudius 	??-48 	Half-Intact 	second Medicean
XII 	Claudius 	48-54 	Intact 	second Medicean
XIII 	Nero 	54-58 	Intact 	second Medicean
XIV 	Nero 	59-62 	Intact 	second Medicean
XV 	Nero 	62-65 	Intact 	second Medicean
XVI 	Nero 	65-? 	Half-Intact?	second Medicean
XVII 	Nero 	??? 	Lost 	Unkown
XVIII	Nero and Galba?	??-68 	Lost 	Unkown
Links
On the reception of Tacitus via Manuscripts
Category:Lost Historical Works
Category:Tacitus
Category:Incomplete or Partially Lost Literature