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	CORNELIUS TACITUS - LoveToKnow Article on CORNELIUS TACITUS
		Tacitus, who ranks beyond dispute in the highest place among men of letters of all ages, lived through the reigns of the emperors Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva and Trajan.
		The prosecution was successful, and both Tacitus and Pliny received a special vote of thanks from the senate for their conduct of the case.
		It is worth noticing that the emperor Tacitus in the 3rd century claimed descent from him, and directed that ten copies of his works should be made every year and deposited in the public libraries.
	52.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TA/TACITUS_CORNELIUS.htm (662 words)

	Tacitus
		Tacitus was primarily concerned with the balance of power between the Roman senate and the Roman Emperors.
		Tacitus' political career was largely spent under the emperor Domitian; his experience of the tyranny, corruption, and decadence prevalent in the era (81–96 AD) may explain his bitter and ironic political analysis.
		Tacitus owes the most, both in language and in method, to Sallust; Ammianus Marcellinus is the later historian whose work most closely approaches him in style.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tacitus.html (1703 words)

	Tacitus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A son of this Cornelius Tacitus is cited by (Roman author of an encylclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)) Pliny the Elder as an example of abnormally rapid growth and aging ((Click link for more info and facts about N.H.) N.H.), implying an early death.
		Tacitus was able to consult the official sources of the Roman state: the acta senatus (the minutes of the session of the Senate) and the acta diurna populi Romani (a collection of the acts of the government and news of the court and capital).
		Tacitus' writings are known for their instantly deep-cutting and dense prose, seldomly glossy, in contrast with the more placable style of some of his contemporaries, like (Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)) Plutarch.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tacitus.htm (3420 words)

	TACITUS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tacitus was born in 56 or 57to an equestrian family; like many other Latin authors of the Golden and Silver Ages, he was from the provinces, probably northern Italy, Gallia_Narbonensis, or Hispania.
		Tacitus also wrote three minor works on various subjects: the ''Agricola'', a biography of his father-in-law Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola; the ''Germania'', a monograph on the lands and tribes of barbarian Germania; and the ''Dialogus'', a dialogue on the art of rhetoric.
		Tacitus is remembered first and foremost as Rome's greatest historian, the equal—if not the superior—of Thucydides, the ancient Greeks' foremost historian; the 1911_EncyclopÃ¦dia_Britannica opined that he "ranks beyond dispute in the highest place among men of letters of all ages".
	www.redabacus.com /Tacitus (3303 words)

	Cornelius Tacitus
		Tacitus was an aristocrat through and through, the son of a member of the privileged Roman "knight" class.
		Tacitus was a practitioner of the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism.
		Tacitus had the advantage of some perspective; he wrote some time after the events in question, and had access to state Roman records as well as the memories of some of the people involved.
	www.interlog.com /~gilgames/tacitus.htm (1432 words)

	Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tacitus is one of the earliest and most important of the authors who described early Latvian mythology, though his conclusions are suspect because he did not speak the Latvian language and did not stay in Latvia long.
		Tacitus uses what he reports of the German character as a kind of 'noble savage' as a comparison to contemporary Romans and their (in his eyes) 'degeneracy'.
		Tacitus survived a reign of terror and from a senator he advanced to the consulship in AD 97.
	www.city-search.org /ga/gaius-cornelius-tacitus.html (574 words)

	Malaspina Great Books - Tacitus (55 CE)
		Tacitus is one of the earliest and most important of the authors who described early Latvian mythology, though his conclusions are suspect because he did not speak the language and did not stay in Latvia long.
		Tacitus, who ranks beyond dispute in the highest place among men of letters of all ages, lived through the reigns of the emperors Nero, Galba,; Otho,; Vitellius, Vespasian,; Titus,; Domitian,; Nerva and Trajan.
		Tacitus dwells on the contrast between barbarian freedom and simplicity on the one hand, and the servility and degeneracy of Roman life on the other.
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	Biography of the Ancient Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus
		Tacitus himself records how zealous he was for achievement and how diligently he pursued and studied the leading orators.
		Tacitus' success as an orator was followed by marriage to the daughter of Julius Agricola, Governor of Britain, whose biography he later wrote, and by rapid attainment under successive emperors of the offices of quaestor, aedile, and praetor.
		Tacitus was at the height of his powers and a consulship was due him in the normal course of advancement.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/tacitusc/about.htm (785 words)

	Tacitus on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first of his works was the Dialogus [dialogue], a discussion of oratory in the style of Cicero, demonstrating to some degree why Tacitus was celebrated as an eloquent speaker; this work was long disputed, but his authorship is now generally accepted.
		Archaeology bears out the accuracy of Tacitus, but the work is not objective; it is a picture of the simple Germans glorified by comparison with the corruption and luxurious immorality of the Romans.
		Tacitus in Tartan: Textual Colonization and Expansionist Discourse in the Agricola.(Critical Essay)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tacitus2.asp (470 words)

	TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120) - Online Information article about TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is noticeable that the mannerisms of Tacitus appear to develop through his lifetime, and are most strongly marked in his latest books, the Annals.
		Tacitus was probably never a popular author; to be understood and appreciated he must be read again and again, or the point of some of his acutest remarks will be quite missed.
		Tacitus has been many times translated, in spite of the very great difficulty of the task; the number of versions of the whole or part is stated as 393.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/TACITUS_CORNELIUS_c_55_120_.html (2867 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Tacitus: Germania, trans. Thomas Gordon
		Tacitus was apparently of the equestrian class, was an advocate by training, and had a reputation as an orator, though none of his speeches has survived.
		The two chief works of Tacitus, the "Annals" and the "Histories," covered the history of Rome from the death of Augustus to A. but the greater part of the "Histories" is lost, and the fragment that remains deals only with the year 69 and part of 70.
		Tacitus stands in the front rank of the historians of antiquity for the accuracy of his learning, the fairness of his judgments, the richness, concentration, and precision of his style.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/tacitus-germanygord.html (10427 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tacitus was a Roman conservative and, if his spirit could be summoned back from the dead, I would love to see him coming "From the Right" on "Crossfire." He was a tremendous writer, and "The Histories" are full of examples of this.
		Tacitus the great Roman historian, although this means somewhat different things from what it does now, wrote during the eventful years of the first and second century straddling the changes in Roman society that took place over this time and the first inklings of the vast population movements which were still to come.
		Tacitus always seems to be looking back to the golden eras of a strong, vital and honest society often represented by the early years of expansion and struggle exemplified by the early Republic with figures such as Cato and later by Marius and even Augustus.
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	Tacitus and Jesus. Christ Myth Refuted. Did Jesus Exist? A Christian Response
		Tacitus would not have had permission to consult the imperial archives, and even if he did, it was not his regular practice to consult written documents.
		Tacitus was well-respected, a man who "won renown quickly," and "seemed of all the eminent men then active the most worthy of imitation." His reputation was such that in a letter of recommendation for a particular young man, Pliny indicates that being a friend of Tacitus is considered to be a sign of high quality.
		Tacitus is content to use the rumors to besmirch by association Livia and Tiberius who, whatever their failings, never displayed the deranged malice of an Agrippina and a Nero.
	www.tektonics.org /jesusexist/tacitus.html (7173 words)

	Cornelius Tacitus
		According to Tacitus, rumors spread that the fire was planned by the wickedly unstable Emperor Nero himself.
		From Cornelius Tacitus, probably the leading Roman historian of the period, there's no doubt that Christians existed in 64 AD.
		In addition, they faced "hideous persecution" for their belief in Christ, a true historical figure who was executed in Judaea during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of Pontius Pilate.
	www.allaboutthejourney.org /cornelius-tacitus.htm (407 words)

	Cornelius Tacitus
		Rather, it could be that Tacitus relied upon a report that described the Christian sect and their classification as a religio prava.
		On (5), it may be suggested that Tacitus didn't expend considerable effort but rather had a servant find what could be found on the Christian sect (not necessarily on Jesus), which would have included the report on their classification as a religio prava.
		On (3), Tacitus is giving merely the briefest account of the origin of the name Christian and so cannot be expected to mention such Christian doctrines.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /tacitus.html (1552 words)

	Caius Cornelius Tacitus (c. 56 A.D. - 120 A.D.)
		Tacitus wrote a biography testifying to his deep respect for his father-in-law.
		Besides his biography of Agricola, he wrote a description of the German tribes, contrasting their hardy virtues, purity of life, and respect for women with the corruption and feebleness in the Roman world of his time.
		As Thucydides analyzed societies and social crises, so Tacitus penetrated to and revealed the springs of individual character.
	www.usefultrivia.com /biographies/tacitus_001.html (335 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Tacitus: Germania (Clarendon Ancient History Series) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tacitus is considered one of antiquity's greatest historians, and his most prominent works (the Annals and the Histories) were primarily about the Roman Empire in the first century.
		Tacitus himself rose to prominence as a Roman senator while cultivating a well-deserved reputation as an eloquent orator and an effective lawyer (he successfully prosecuted Marius Priscus - proconsul of Africa - for corruption).
		Tacitus then spends the second half presenting a geographical account of the locations of the main German tribes - beginning with those who live closest to Roman territory and ending on the shores of the Baltic with a description of the savage Fenni living a life mired in stone-age poverty.
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	Medieval Sourcebook: Tacitus: Germania
		Tacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at then end of the first century CE..
		Tacitus goes on to give a geographical account of the locations of the main German tribes.
		The second part, in which Tacitus gives a geographical account of the locations of the main German tribes is from the 18th-century translation by Thomas Gordon.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/tacitus1.html (9535 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Agricola and the Germania (Classics S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In "The Germania" Tacitus examines the life and customs of the war-like German tribes, often comparing their "barbarian" behaviour favourably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome.
		The speech which Tacitus attributes to this warrior is one of the most poignant I have ever heard.
		Tacitus writes from the perspective of a Roman citizen, at a time when Rome ruled the known world.
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		CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS was born in the early part of the reign of Nero, and near the middle of the first century in the Christian Era.
		That excellent prince, M. Claudius Tacitus, deduced his pedigree from the historian, and ordered his image to be set up, and a complete collection of his works to be placed in the public archives, with a special direction that twelve copies should be made every year at the public expense.
		Indeed, Tacitus interweaves his reflections with so much propriety, and clothes his apothegms with so much dignity--he is so manifestly competent to instruct the world by maxims, whether in civil, social, or individual life, that we are far from wishing he had indulged in it less.
	library.beau.org /gutenberg/etext05/7grag10.txt (17892 words)

	Tacitus On Germany by Cornelius Tacitus eBook by BookRags
		The dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain, but it is probable that he was born about 54 A. and died after 117.
		He was a contemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, who addressed to him some of his most famous epistles.
		The two chief works of Tacitus, the “Annals” and the “Histories,” covered the history of Rome from the death of Augustus to A. 96; but the greater part of the “Histories” is lost, and the fragment that remains deals only with the year 69 and part of 70.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2995 (198 words)

	The Annals by P. Cornelius Tacitus
		Nero then procured persons, under the name of informers, to invent against Lepida, the wife of Cassius and aunt of Silanus, a charge of incest with her brother's son, and of some ghastly religious ceremonial.
		Volcatius Tullinus, and Marcellus Cornelius, senators, and Fabatus, a Roman knight, were drawn in as accomplices.
		The month too following April, or Neroneus, was changed from Maius into the name of Claudius, and Junius into that of Germanicus, Cornelius Orfitus, the proposer of the motion, publicly declaring that the month Junius had been passed over because the execution of the two Torquati for their crimes had now rendered its name inauspicious.
	www.ltu.se /luth/present/sweden/history/lit/tacitus/annals.xvi.html (5573 words)

	Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations
		Cornelius O Dowd upon Men and Women and Other Things in General 3 Volumes
		Cornelius Van Bynkershoek: His Contribution to the Development of International Law
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	t a c i t u s \|\| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Graves famously championed the more scurrilous passages of Suetonius and Tacitus and was certainly not averse to embroidering them--and where he took liberties, Pullman enjoyed full license, inventing lurid scenes like that of Caligula, in imitation of Zeus, devouring his first-born.
		The histories of Tacitus detail exactly how this came about through the paralysis of the Roman republic's institutions (what the economist Mancur Olson would later term 'sclerosis'), and this pattern was repeated precisely in Stuart England, in the Ante-Bellum period prior to our own Civil War, and indeed in the years before the Russian Revolution.
		In the case of Rome, the rule of a dictator led to that of an Emperor; in Russia, the semantic reverse.
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