Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (/ˈtæsɪtəs/ TAS-it-əs, Latin: [ˈtakɪtʊs]; c. AD 56 – c. 120), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely...

Tacitus was a Roman historian and senator. Tacitus may also refer to: Tacitus (emperor), Roman emperor in 275–276 Tacitus (crater), a lunar impact crater...

throne was offered to the aged Princeps Senatus, Tacitus. According to the Historia Augusta, Tacitus, after ascertaining the sincerity of the Senate's...

However, Tacitus does not reveal the source of his information. There are several hypotheses as to what sources he may have used. Tacitus provides non-Christian...

Tacitus, II.26. Tacitus, II.43. Tacitus, II.71. Tacitus, III.16. Suetonius, Tiberius 52. Tacitus, III.15. Tacitus, III.56. Tacitus, IV.7–8. Suetonius...

the Annals. Tacitus' friend Pliny the Younger referred to "your histories" when writing to Tacitus about the earlier work. By the time Tacitus had completed...

Roman senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus—the Roman senate's records—which provided a solid basis for his work. Although Tacitus refers to part...

October 2021. Tacitus, Annals XV.45. Tacitus, Annals XV.49. Tacitus, Annals XV.50. Tacitus, Annals XV.55. Tacitus, Annals XV.70. Tacitus, Annals XV.60–62...

historian and writer Tacitus. Directly west is the crater Almanon, and to the northeast is Cyrillus. To the southeast of Tacitus is a long chain of craters...

Suetonius. "Life of Nero". Lives of Twelve Caesars. Tacitus, Annal XV. 38–44 Tacitus, Annals XV. 44 Tacitus, Annals XV. 38–39 Cassius Dio, Roman History, Books...

source by other prominent Roman historians, including Plutarch, Tacitus, and Suetonius. Tacitus may have used Bella Germaniae as the primary source for his...

Tacitus himself had already written a similar—albeit shorter—essay on the lands and peoples of Britannia in his Agricola (chapters 10–13). Tacitus himself...

provides greater and more lurid detail than Tacitus, but in general his details are often fictitious. Both Tacitus and Dio give an account of battle-speeches...

long questioned some details of Tacitus's account of the fight, suggesting that he exaggerated Roman success. Tacitus states that Gnaeus Julius Agricola...

Tacitus, Annals, I.56 Tacitus, Annals, I.57 Smith 1867, p. 259 Wells 2003, pp. 204–205 Tacitus, I.63 Wells 2003, p. 206; Smith 1867, p. 259 Tacitus,...

from the Angeln peninsula, is the root of the name England. According to Tacitus, writing around 100 AD, a people known as Angles (Anglii) lived east of...

Graptopetalum bellum (syn. Tacitus bellus) is a species of flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, native to northern Mexico. It was discovered...

possibility that Tacitus also noted, but for example the Varini are named as Vandilic by Pliny, and specifically Suebic by Tacitus. At one time, classical...

 196–197. Tacitus & Barrett 2008, pp. 52–53. Wells 2003, p. 206. Tacitus & Barrett 2008, p. 57. Tacitus & Barrett 2008, p. 58. Seager 2008, p. 70. Tacitus & Barrett...

year after his Censorship, 48, is detailed in book 11 of Tacitus' Annals. This section of Tacitus' history narrates the alleged conspiracy of Claudius's...

people first described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his treatise Germania (circa 98 AD). According to Tacitus, the territory of Aesti was located somewhere...

Nicholas Tacitus Zegers (c.1495 – 25 August 1559) was a Flemish Franciscan biblical exegete. He was born either at Diest or Brussels during the latter...

55, Tacitus, Annals XIII.19; Silana is recalled from exile after Agrippina's power waned, Tacitus, Annals XIV.12; Plautus is exiled in 60, Tacitus, Annals...

book Germania (98 AD) by Tacitus. Tacitus writes that the name Germania was "modern and newly introduced". According to Tacitus, the name Germani had once...

Delamarre 2003, p. 108. Delamarre 2003, p. 215. Arch of Claudius Tacitus, Annals 12.32 Tacitus, Histories 3.45 Pennington, Reina (2003). Amazons and Fighter...

half-brother, Emperor Tacitus, in July 276 until his own murder in September of that year. Florianus was the maternal half-brother of Tacitus, who was proclaimed...

Tacitus Trap is a political theory named after Roman historian Tacitus, which describes a situation where an unpopular government is hated no matter what...

2 Tacitus, Agricola 15 Tacitus Annals 14.35 Braund, David (1996). Ruling Roman Britain. London: Routledge. p. 132. Tacitus, Annals 14.31–32 Tacitus, Annals...

Caesar and Tacitus both mention women engaged in casting lots and prophecy and there are some other indications of female ritual specialists. Tacitus and the...

rapidly; as Tacitus puts it (Ann. 14.52.1), mors Burri infregit Senecae potentiam ("the death of Burrus broke Seneca's power"). Tacitus reports that...