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 its greatest historian. Tacitus was born into a...

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 remarkable works of Latin prose, their extraordinary...

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 Annals (c. 116), which together comprise a chronicle of the...

Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 – ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius,...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Roman History: Tacitus Life (c. A.D. 55 - c. A.D. 117) Publius (?) Cornelius Tacitus (Tass ih tuss) came of good family, saw military service as a tribune, and held one of the offices of the vigintivirate (minor magistrate) under Vespasian,...

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Today is Sunday, May 20, the 140th day of 2007. There are 225 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Garden City, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo...

In the following excerpt, Syme analyzes Tacitus's handling of such literary devices as digressions and speeches, praising his skill in portraying assorted Roman orators as individuals.

In the following excerpt, Mellor presents a survey of readers’ responses to Tacitus over the last five centuries.

In the following excerpt, Woodman suggests that Tacitus is better read as a poet than a traditional historian.