Tacitus

[ tas-i-tuhs ]

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noun

Tacitus

/ ˈtæsɪtəs /

TacitusPublius Cornelius?55?120MRomanHISTORY: historianPOLITICS: orator Publius Cornelius (ˈpʌblɪəs kɔːˈniːljəs). ?55–?120 ad , Roman historian and orator, famous as a prose stylist. His works include the Histories, dealing with the period 68–96, and the Annals, dealing with the period 14–68

But Virgil and Cicero would certainly be on the list; perhaps Livy and Tacitus; Boccaccio and Dante.

The mild and amiable Tacitus ruled over a turbulent people only six months.

Thus Arnold thinks that what Tacitus gained in energy he lost in elegance and perspicuity.

No ancient writer shows greater moral dignity and integrity of purpose than Tacitus.

We require life in history, and it is for their vividness that the writings of Livy and Tacitus will be perpetuated.

Rome can boast of no great historian after Tacitus, who should have belonged to the Ciceronian epoch.

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