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1、TheHistories(Tacitus)/Book11TheHistories(Tacitus)/Book11-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47-48-49-50-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67-68-69

2、-70-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-901IbeginmyworkwiththetimewhenServiusGalbawasconsulforthesecondtimewithTitusViniusforhiscolleague.[1]Oftheformerperiod,the820yearsdatingfromthefoundingofthecity,manyauthorshavetreated;andwhil

3、etheyhadtorecordthetransactionsoftheRomanpeople,theywrotewithequaleloquenceandfreedom.AftertheconflictatActium,andwhenitbecameessentialtopeace,thatallpowershouldbecenteredinoneman,thesegreatintellectspassedaway.Thentoothetruthfulnessofhistorywasimpaire

4、dinmanyways;atfirst,throughmen'signoranceofpublicaffairs,whichwerenowwhollystrangetothem,then,throughtheirpassionforflattery,or,ontheotherhand,theirhatredoftheirmasters.Andsobetweentheenmityoftheoneandtheservilityoftheother,neitherhadanyregardforposter

5、ity.Butwhileweinstinctivelyshrinkfromawriter'sadulation,welendareadyeartodetractionandspite,becauseflatteryinvolvestheshamefulimputationofservility,whereasmalignitywearsthefalseappearanceofhonesty.ImyselfknewnothingofGalba,ofOtho,orofVitellius,eitherfr

6、ombenefitsorfrominjuries.IwouldnotdenythatmyelevationwasbegunbyVespasian,augmentedbyTitus,andstillfurtheradvancedbyDomitian;butthosewhoprofessinviolabletruthfulnessmustspeakofallwithoutpartialityandwithouthatred.Ihavereservedasanemploymentformyoldage,s

7、houldmylifebelongenough,asubjectatoncemorefruitfulandlessanxiousinthereignoftheDivineNervaandtheempireofTrajan,enjoyingtherarehappinessoftimes,whenwemaythinkwhatweplease,andexpresswhatwethink.(Latin)2Iamenteringonthehistoryofaperiodrichindisasters,frig

8、htenedinitswars,tornbycivilstrife,andeveninpeacefullofhorrors.Fouremperorsperishedbythesword.Therewerethreecivilwars;thereweremorewithforeignenemies;therewereoftenwarsthathadbothcharactersatonce.TherewassuccessintheEast,anddisasterinthe