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Tacitus

Tacitus
Tacitus
Tacitus
BornCirca 56
DiedCirca 117
OccupationSenator, consul, governor, historian
GenreHistory
SubjectHistory, biography, oratory
Literary movementSilver Age of Latin

Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 – ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving parts of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—report about the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.


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