Annals

The Annals of Tacitus are a work of Roman history dating to the first century. They include the story of Queen Boudicia of the Icini's revolt against the Roman rulers of Britain and the revolt's subsequent suppression by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus.

In 1597, William Shakespeare purhcased an English translation of the Annals from Harry Seymour to use as a source in his writing of Boudicca. On January 4, 1598, Christopher Marlowe presented Shakespeare with a much finer copy of the Annals, in the original Latin.