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This book-length treatment of religion in Tacitus' Annals analyzes his numerous references to religious material through the lens of cultural memory theory, revealing them as a key vehicle for his assessment of the principate as a system of government, the activities of individual emperors, and their impact on Roman cultural identity.

Collective memory --- Religion in literature --- Memory in literature --- Memory as a theme in literature --- Religion in drama --- Religion in poetry --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- History --- Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Tacitus, Cornelius --- Tacite, --- Tacito --- Tacito, Caio Cornelio --- Tacitus, C. Cornelius --- Tacitus, Caius Cornelius --- Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius --- Tacitus, P. Cornelius --- Tacitus, Publius Cornelius --- Tat︠s︡it, Korneliĭ --- Taxituo --- טאקיטוס, קורנליוס --- Τακιτος --- Takitos --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Rome --- Historiography. --- Annales --- --Religion --- --Littérature --- --Mémoire --- --Rome ancienne --- --Condition sociale --- --History --- Social conditions --- Religion --- Tacitus --- Tacite --- Cornelius Tacitus, Gaius --- Collective memory - Rome - History - To 1500 --- Littérature --- Mémoire --- Rome ancienne --- Condition sociale --- Tacitus, Cornelius. - Annales --- Tacite, 55-120 --- Rome - History - Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D. --- Rome - Social conditions --- Rome - Religion