Gaius cornelius tacitus biography books

  • Five Book of the History of C. Cornelius Tacitus: With His Treatise on the Manners of the Germans, and His Life of Agricola (Classic Reprint).
  • The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals (Latin: Annales) and the Histories (Latin: Historiae)—examine the reigns of the emperors Tiberius.
  • Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus, was a Roman historian and politician.

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    Tacitus

    The Annals of Imperial Rome
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    The Agricola and The Germania
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    The Histories
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    Complete Works of Tacitus
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    The Annals/The Histories
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    The Histories I-II
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    Agricola
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    The Madness of Nero
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    Dialogus dem oratoribus
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    Works of Cornelius Tacitus

    April 11,
    I expected to enjoy this one much more than I did. In college I relied heavily on Tacitus while writing a paper on Boudicca's revolt in Britain. He was a major source and I relished the few pages he devoted to that subject. At the time I wasn't tempted to read any more of him. Thus, I was very happy to find this complete collection and excited to read it from cover to cover. What a long, hard slog it turned out to be. Be aware: I'm somewhat of an ancient history geek and have read ancient sources in translation ganska extensively. I love Herodotus, historiker and Xenophon's Anabasis. Enjoy Suetonius, Procopius, Cassius Dio, and so on. I found most of this edition of Tacitus to be dry, dry, dry. inom appreciated the editor's Preface and Introduction, as well as the glossary of place names at the back of the volume. Those were interesting and useful in understanding Tacitus and the works included. I enjoyed the Agricola and the Germania very much. The Dia

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    Tacitus

    Roman historian and senator (56–)

    For the emperor, see Tacitus (emperor). For other uses, see Tacitus (disambiguation).

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus,[note 1] known simply as Tacitus (TAS-it-əs,[2][3]Latin:[ˈtakɪtʊs]; c.&#;AD 56 – c.&#;), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.[4][5]

    The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals (Latin: Annales) and the Histories (Latin: Historiae)—examine the reigns of the emperorsTiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors (69&#;AD).[6] These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus (14&#;AD) to the death of Domitian (96&#;AD), although there are substantial lacunae in the surviving texts.

    Tacitus's other writings discuss oratory (in dialogue format, see Dialogus de oratoribus), Germania (i

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