Tacitus Summary

Tacitus c. 56-120 Roman historian and official whose works include Germania (A.D. 98), one of the few contemporary accounts of the Germans and Britons. Also important were his Histories (c. 109) and A... Read more

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 ... Read more

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... Read more

In the following excerpt, Woodman suggests that Tacitus is better read as a poet than a traditional historian. It was on the last Monday in January exactly fifty years ago that Adolf Hitler became ... Read more

In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1952, Syme discusses Tacitus's treatment of the problems posed to Rome by Gaul. Tacitus on Gaul. The title seems paradoxical, for... Read more

In the following essay, Goodyear explores Tacitus's complex narrative layout and arrangement of historical events, investigating the argument that many of his reports are unreliable. Various... Read more

In the following excerpt, Mellor presents a survey of readers’ responses to Tacitus over the last five centuries. Your histories will be immortal Pliny Letter (7, 33) to Tacitus Thoug... Read more