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Tacitus


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Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. AD 56 – ca. AD 120) 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 the years of the First Jewish–Roman War, in 70 AD. 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 d
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The Annals of Imperial Rome

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The Agricola and The Germania

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The Histories

4.13 avg rating — 3,751 ratings — published 110 — 384 editions
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Germania

3.88 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 98 — 629 editions
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Complete Works of Tacitus

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4.21 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 120 — 42 editions
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The Annals/The Histories

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Agricola

3.66 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 98 — 282 editions
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The Madness of Nero

3.57 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 120 — 8 editions
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Dialogus de oratoribus

3.43 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 102 — 216 editions
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Histories IV-V/Annals I-III

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4.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1931 — 6 editions
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Selections from Agricola Histories vol 1, books I-III
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“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome

“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure”
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“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”
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