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Bookmark or Share- Tacitus - World History EncyclopediaPublius Cornelius Tacitus (l. c. 56 - c. 118 CE) was a Roman historian, active throughout the reign of Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) and the early years of Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). His best-known works are...
- The Internet Classics Archive | The Histories by TacitusThe Histories. By Tacitus. Written 109 A.C.E. Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. The Histories has been divided into the following sections: Download: A 561k text-only version is available for download. The Histories by Tacitus, part of the Internet Classics Archive.
- Tacitus: life and career | Dickinson College CommentariesTacitus: life and career. Cornelius Tacitus was born in the early years of Nero’s reign c. AD 56/58, most likely in Narbonese or Cisalpine Gaul (modern southern France or northwestern Italy).
- Tacitus | Roman Historian & Political Analyst | BritannicaTacitus (born ad 56—died c. 120) was a Roman orator and public official, probably the greatest historian and one of the greatest prose stylists who wrote in the Latin language.
- Cornelius Tacitus - Roman Historian - ThoughtCoTacitus comes from the Greco-Roman tradition of history writers whose purpose is as much to promote a rhetorical flourish-filled moral agenda as it is to record facts. Tacitus studied oratory at Rome, including the writing of Cicero, and may have written oratorical treatises before his 4 best-known writings, the historical/ethnographic pieces.
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