Annals

Annals, the record of historical events arranged chronologically, and divided into periods containing one or more years. The Romans used to keep such records, which were known as Annates Pontificum, the Pontifex Maximus being the compiler; these were all destroyed at the sacking of Rome. Later, the term was used in a broader sense for any historical narrative chronologically arranged, and the term is thus applied to the Annals of Tacitus.