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Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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Gaul

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born perhaps 55
died perhaps 120

From the death of Augustus in 14 Histories and Annals , greatest works of Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman public official, concern the period to Domitian in 96.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus served as a senator of the empire. The major portions examine the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those four emperors, who reigned in the year. They span the empire to the years of the first Jewish war in 70. One enormous four-books long lacuna survives in the texts.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus discusses oratory in dialogue format in Dialogus de oratoribus , Germania in De origine et situ Germanorum , and biographical notes about Gnaeus Julius Agricola, his father-in-law, primarily during his campaign in Brit ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 18,311 ratings · 884 reviews · 2,999 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Annals of Imperial Rome 3.98 avg rating — 9,215 ratings — published 116 — 536 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Agricola and The Germania by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Harold Mattingly (Introduction), James Rives (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 5,998 ratings — published 98 — 596 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Works of Tacitus by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Alfred J. Church, William Jackson Brodribb 4.22 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 120	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Histories I-II 4.10 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 120 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agricola / Germania / Dialogue on Oratory by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, R.M. Ogilvie, Eric Herbert Warmington (Primary Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 198 ratings — published -98 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialogus de oratoribus 3.46 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 102 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Germany: Germania by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Herbert W. Benario (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In moerassen en donkere wouden: de Romeinen in Germanië 3.58 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anales. Libros I-VI 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 117 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storie by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Luciano Lenaz (Editor), Felice Dessì (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 110 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana (1 book)
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Quotes by Publius Cornelius Tacitus (?)

“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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“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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“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”
― Tacitus

tags: anarchism, authority, paranoia

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