Tacitus

[ tas-i-tuhs ]

noun

1. Pub·li·us Cornelius [puhb, -lee-, uh, s], a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.

Tacitus

/ ˈtæsɪtəs /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

For Roman-era writers such as Tacitus, the region was beyond the edge of the civilized world, known only through unreliable second-hand reports.

From Science Magazine

Tacitus wrote about 60 years later that Agrippina then tried to rule Rome through Nero but that the ungrateful child had her murdered in C.E.

From Scientific American

His biographer Suetonius, writing a few years after Tacitus, claimed Nero had “practiced every sort of obscenity,” from incest to murder.

From Scientific American

Classical Roman author Tacitus wrote his ethnographic work “Germania,” about the Germanic peoples living on the fringes of the Roman Empire in Northern Europe, around 98 A.D.

From Washington Times

“Into politics, of which I have taken final leave....I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid; and I find myself much happier.”

From Literature