Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus, was a Roman historian and politician who lived from about AD 56 to about AD 120. Modern scholars widely regard him as one of the greatest Roman historians. His two major works, the Annals and the Histories, originally formed a continuous narrative of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to the end of Domitian's reign in AD 96, and the surviving portions of the Annals cover the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius and Nero and the Year of the Four Emperors. His shorter writings include a dialogue on oratory, the Germania, an ethnographic study of the Germanic tribes outside the empire, and a biography of his father-in-law Agricola, the general who did much to conquer Britain. His Latin style is highly praised.
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was a Roman historian and politician
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His Latin style is highly praised.
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