Biography EssayCornelius Tacitus was perhaps the greatest historian that the Roman world produced. Though his Annales (Annals, after A.D. 116) and Historiae (Histories, ca. A.D. 100-110) are among ...
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Tacitus (c. 56/57-ca. 125) was a Roman orator and historian. In a life that spanned the reigns of the Flavian emperors and of Trajan and Hadrian, he played a part in the public life of Rome and became...
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Cornelius Tacitus was perhaps the greatest historian that the Roman world produced. Though his Annales (Annals, after A.D. 116) and Historiae (Histories, ca. A.D. 100-110) are among the most remarkabl...
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In the following essay, O'Gorman contends that the very structure of Tacitus's sentences in the Annals conveys meaning and that he deliberately uses complex and ironic passages to force ...
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In the following excerpt, originally delivered as a lecture, Woodman explores Tacitus's motives for defying expectations—particularly the rules of traditional historiography—while...
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People at average risk for colon cancer shouldn't take aspirin or painkillers like ibuprofen to try to prevent the disease, a federal task force advises, because of the risk of bleeding and other p...
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William Lipscomb won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1976 for his work studying boron and hydrogen compounds and the problems of chemical bonding _ serious research by a serious man.One day a year...
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A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, a study found.The findings were disappointing n...
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A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, a study found.The findings were disappointing n...
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A popular herbal treatment called black cohosh is practically ineffective at relieving hot flashes and night sweats in women going through menopause, a study found.The findings were disappointing n...
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Next time you go out for that big burger, bucket of fries and super-sized soda, bring along your calculator.
Most people underestimate the number of calories in fast-food meals _ a big pro...
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Do doctors rat out incompetent colleagues? A new survey suggests nearly half don't — showing some disconnects between what doctors say is the right thing to do, and what they actually do.Rese...
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Nearly 40 percent of patients with early pancreatic cancer who could be treated with surgery don't get the operation, dooming them to grim chances of survival, a study found.The complicated operati...
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Nearly 40 percent of patients with early pancreatic cancer who could be treated with surgery don't get the operation, dooming them to grim chances of survival, a study found.The complicated operati...
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The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus;
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Critical Essay by Ellen O'Gorman
Task force urges Americans not to take aspirin, other painkillers as colon cancer preventive
