Tacitus
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- proper noun
- /ˈtæsɪtəs/
- What was it Tacitus said about the Romans at Carthage?
- Tacitus, Histories
- Tacitus, Annals
- Livy or Tacitus
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Watch on YouTubeThey cite the writings of Herodotus and Tacitus and inscriptions on Egyptian monuments.
- They cite the writings of Herodotus and Tacitus and inscriptions on Egyptian monuments.
- Pilate Tacitus says that, and the Jewish historians, Josephus says that.
- All of these are supposed to contrast with what Tacitus, who's a bit of a scold, Tacitus sees as Roman decadence.
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We have of course, the famous works of the poets and historians Virgil, Tacitus, Plutarch and company.
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My account aspires to be, as Tacitus would say, sine ira et studio, without anger and without bias.
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The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state, as Tacitus once said.
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According to Tacitus, these assemblies would take place only when the moon was neither new nor full.
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I agree with Tacitus that a major switch in electoral schemes is highly unlikely.
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Tacitus had Vitellius, like Galba, done in in the Forum.
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And the Gospels aren't the only ancient sources to mention him; Philo, Josephus, and Tacitus also all mention him.
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They cite the writings of Herodotus and Tacitus and inscriptions on Egyptian monuments.
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And still the mob reviled him in death as viciously as they had flattered him while he lived (Tacitus, Histories, 3.84-85).
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Tacitus is considered one of the greatest Roman historians for his detailed accounts of the Empire's governance.
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A Roman historian who wrote a long history of Rome from its founding
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A third century Roman historian who wrote about the empire after Marcus Aurelius
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tacitus comes from the Latin word tacitus, from tacere meaning 'to be silent'. A helpful way to remember the Roman historian Tacitus is that his name means 'silent', which fits his short, careful way of writing that watches events quietly.