Annals

The Annals was a multi-volume history of Rome written by the historian Tacitus, covering events including the Great Fire of Rome and the final years of Emperor Nero's reign. While he worked on the volume that covered those events, Tacitus discovered documents written by the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and others that radically altered his previous understanding of those events. Because of these discoveries, he had to delay completing his work to investigate the truth of the matter. The documents revealed not only that Rome had been visited by people from another time and space, but that in truth, Nero was not truly responsible for the fire. Because of the potential effects such a revelation could have on the legitimacy of the Roman Empire's current rulers, Tacitus ultimately opted to suppress the findings. (PROSE: The Romans)