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Tacitus, Cornelius
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Tacitus, Cornelius (AD 55–
c.117). Roman historian and biographer, often judged one of the most reliable of all
classical commentators. Of his five surviving volumes, the short
Germania (
De origine situ moribus ac populis Germanorum, written
c. AD 98) is a trove of ethnographic information on peoples living north of the Alps, even though there is no evidence Tacitus had visited the regions. His comments on the Celts, while often cited, are incidental in the text.
Bibliography
See Agricola, Germania, Loeb Classical Library No. 35 (Cambridge, Mass., 1968); Agricola (Cambridge, Mass., 1980); The Histories (London, 1993)
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Tacitus in Tartan: Textual Colonization and Expansionist Discourse in the Agricola.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Helios; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; Tacitus' Agricola is frequently cited in discussions...In this paper I shall demonstrate that Tacitus' work turns the alien and distant land...results, and that the ultimate aim of Tacitus' text is to perpetuate the further expansion...
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Tacitus: The Classical Heritage.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...the influence of the Roman historian Tacitus on the intellectual life of Europe and the United States. Since Tacitus was largely ignored in the Middle Ages...book, starting with his own view of Tacitus's moral and political vision and of...
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Turning to Tacitus.(lessons from Tacitus regarding the rule of law and freedom when confronted by terror)
Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Tacitus? Who was Tacitus? It was a cold December day in 1967. It was my first final exam...my middle-aged memory remembers reading on that page: What did Tacitus say about the Germanic tribes, and how did what he said about the...
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On sedition in Tacitus.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...speech. We are surprised, then, when Tacitus claims in his Agricola to speak to us...Agricola, Roman governor of Britain and Tacitus' own father-in-law. Indeed, his...elevated. How, then, do we understand Tacitus' claim? Is it a mere gesture of modesty...
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Germanisches Sakralkonigtum? Quellenkritische Studien zur Germania des Tacitus und zur altnordischen Uberlieferung.
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Quellenkritische Studien zur Germania des Tacitus und zur altnordischen Uberlieferung...old project--Germanistic studies of Tacitus's Germania. Her work is critical in...skew our perspective by making us read Tacitus selectively in terms of Germanistic issues...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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RACING: TACITUS A REAL SOFT OPTION; Hannon's hero can overpower O'Brien quartet.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 8/11/2002; 646 words
; Byline: MICHAEL CLOWER TACITUS can bring Aidan O'Brien's domination...are solid grounds for believing that Tacitus will beat all four. He is trained...with the favourite Mister Links but Tacitus was only beaten half a length after...
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Tacitus' Germania and Beatus Rhenanus (1485-1587): A Study of the Editorial and Exegetical Contribution of a Sixteenth Century Scholar.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...monastic library at Hersfeld by Poggio, Tacitus's little tract was first given prominence...publication of classical authors, among them Tacitus, whose opera omnia edition was brought...castigationes and the sixty-page Thesaurus of Tacitus's vocabulary in the 1533 and 1544 editions...
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Tacitus and Jesus
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/23/1992; 353 words
; We should be very careful about using Tacitus as an authority for the historical Jesus. The...the term "Christians" for the Roman readers of Tacitus's "Annals." In other words, Tacitus is explaining why Christians called themselves...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Tacitus could switch to Sandown from Italy.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 4/23/2003; 471 words
; CONNECTIONS of Tacitus are hoping for some rain before deciding...Guineas) at Capannelle in Rome on Sunday. Tacitus, who is owned by the Royal Ascot Racing...fast. All doors are open for him." Tacitus would be stepping up in trip from a mile...
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Tacitus to fly the flag for Hannon in Phoenix test.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 8/7/2002; 494 words
; ...will send his July Stakes runner-up Tacitus to take on the might of Ballydoyle in...with Pips Pride ten years ago, and Tacitus has strong claims in the race after running...Cashmans: 1-2 Aidan O'Brien stable, 5 Tacitus, Revenue, 7 Abunawwas, 10 Luminata...
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Tacitus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Tacitus Tacitus (c. 56/57-ca. 125) was a Roman orator and historian. In a life...a part in the public life of Rome and became its greatest historian. Tacitus was born into a wealthy family of equestrian status. It is not known...
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Tacitus, Cornelius
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Tacitus, Cornelius ( c. ad 55–after...death of Augustus to the Flavian period. Tacitus' avowed aim was to keep alive the memory...tyranny. Little known in the Middle Ages, Tacitus was rediscovered by Boccaccio in the 14th...
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Lipsius, Justus (Joest Lips; 1547–1606)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...working on a set of commentaries on Tacitus's works. Lipsius now repudiated Ciceronian Latin eloquence and advocated Tacitus's concise, sententious style...famed critical edition of the works of Tacitus, which was published in 1674. This...
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Petronius Arbiter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...elegantiae arbiter, or judge of elegance, by Tacitus, and whose death by suicide in 66 is described by Tacitus in a famous passage. The author's identity...was incorrectly reported (as Gaius) by Tacitus and correctly by Pliny the Elder and Plutarch...
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Agricola, Gnaeus Iulius
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Agricola's daughter having married the historian Tacitus and second that Tacitus' biography of his father-in-law survived...arrived in Britain as governor late in that year. Tacitus' account of Agricola's governorship is dominated...
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