INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain,
but it is probable that he was born about 54 A. D.
and died after 117. He was a contemporary and
friend of the younge...
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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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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 on Germany
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