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Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. AD 56 – ca. AD 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to (presumably) the death of emperor Domitian in AD 96. There are enormous lacunae in the surviving texts, including one four books long in the Annals.

Other works by Tacitus discuss oratory (in dialogue format, see Dialogus de oratoribus), Germania (in De origine et situ Germanorum), and biographical notes about his father-in-law Agricola, primarily...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 2,913 ratings · 160 reviews · 66 distinct works

	The Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus, Michael Grant (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,410 ratings — published 116 — 60 editions	My rating:
	Complete Works of Tacitus by Tacitus, Alfred Church, William Brodribb 3.97 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1942 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Germania by Tacitus, J.G.C. Anderson 3.61 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 98 — 31 editions	My rating:
	The Annals/The Histories by Tacitus, Moses Hadas (Editor), Shelby Foote (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1908 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Histories IV-V/Annals I-III by Tacitus, Clifford H. Moore (Translator), John Jackson (Translator) 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1931	My rating:
	Agricola/Germania/Dialogue on Oratory by Tacitus, Robert Maxwell Ogilvie (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 102 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Agricola and the Germania by Cornelius Tacitus, H. Mattingly (Translator), S.A. Handford (Revised by) 3.81 avg rating — 771 ratings — published 98 — 48 editions	My rating:
	Histories I-III 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 105 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII by Tacitus, John Jackson (Translator), J. Jackson (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1937	My rating:
	The Histories by Cornelius Tacitus, Kenneth Wellesley (Translator, Introduction), Tacitus 3.89 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 110 — 42 editions	My rating:

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“Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.”
― Tacitus

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“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure”
― Tacitus

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“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
― Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome

tags: commonwealth , corruption , government , law

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