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...
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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 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 Cha...
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In the following essay, Hadas discusses Tacitus's life, career, and artistry and evaluates his trustworthiness as an historian.
The apparent insensitivity of the Romans to their greatest histor...
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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 th...
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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.
The Tech...
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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 an...
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In the following essay, Benario examines the themes of the Agricola, the Germania, and the Dialogus de oratoribus.
Early in 98, Tacitus published his first work. It was a biography of his father-in-la...
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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
Though Tacitus...
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In the following essay, Grant examines the tradition of historiography that preceded Tacitus, his moral sense and how it influenced his writing, and the difficulties a translator faces in trying to do...
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