41. Faculty, Department Of Classics, University Of Maryland A vita, summary of works, and basic bibliography of Cornelius tacitus, from Steven H. Rutledge, a classics professor at the University of Maryland. http://www.classics.umd.edu/Faculty/SRutledge/tacitus.html

Home Location Faculty Programs ... Resources The Tacitus Home Page O viator, venisti ad paginam Taciti. Hic auctorem, qui nos lacte humanitatis et sapientiae nutrit, nos ad libertatis amorem ducit, invenisti. Habe tamen patientiam, si placet, dum hoc folium construo. Si tu me de hac pagina monere potes, aut, si tu quaestiones habes, tum mihi epistulam scribe (imam partem huius folii vide, si placet, si cognoscere cupis quo me invenire potes). Hoc folium est studientibus de Tacito, de omnibus ordinibus, et pupilis et professoribus Latinarum litterarum. Spero fore ut hoc folium in futuro opera Taciti, ( Annales I et IV, et Agricola ) habiturum sit. Cupido dominandi cunctis adfectatibus flagrantior est! A Vita of Tacitus A Summary of Tacitus's Works Tacitus: A Basic Bibliography Contact Information I owe a special thanks to Professor John Bodel for allowing me to use some of his course material on Roman literature; his handout on Tacitus's vita and the summary of Tacitus's works were especially useful in constructing that part of this site. Gratias multas ago. Please feel free to download any material from this page you desire. Contact me for more information about this site at srutled@deans.umd.edu

42. Introductory Note. Tacitus. 1909-14. Voyages And Travels: Ancient And Modern. Th Introductory Note. tacitus. 190914. Voyages and Travels Ancient and Modern. The Harvard Classics. http://www.bartleby.com/33/1002.html

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43. Harvard University Press: Tacitus, I, Agricola. Germania. Dialogue On Oratory By tacitus, I, Agricola. Germania. Dialogue on Oratory by tacitus, published by Harvard University Press. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/L035.html

Home Ordering Search/Browse Contact ... HUP Tacitus, I, Agricola. Germania. Dialogue on Oratory Tacitus Translator M. Hutton Translator W. Peterson Revised by R. M. Ogilvie Revised by E. H. Warmington Revised by M. Winterbottom Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the Flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. After four years' absence he experienced the terrors of Emperor Domitian's last years and turned to historical writing. He was a consul in 97. Close friend of the younger Pliny, with him he successfully prosecuted Marius Priscus. Works: (i) Life and Character of Agricola, Germania Dialogue on Oratory Dialogus ), of unknown date; a lively conversation about the decline of oratory and education. (iv) Histories CE Annals, CE Tacitus is renowned for his development of a pregnant concise style, character study, and psychological analysis, and for the often terrible story which he brilliantly tells. As a historian of the early Roman empire he is paramount. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Tacitus is in five volumes.

44. Cry Freedom: Tacitus Annals 4.32-35 T.J. Luce s 1991 paper on tacitus contains many suggestive remarks. Patrick Sinclair s 1995 book on tacitus has some interesting pages on the digression. http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1998/moles.html

Cry Freedom: Tacitus Annals John Moles (Department of Classics, University of Durham) Plan The text of the digression (4.32-33) Latin text translation parallel text ... Appendix: objections to this paper. 1 The Text of the Digression For readers' convenience I print: ( ) a Latin text; ( ) a translation; and ( ) a Loeb-style parallel text. 1.1 Latin text Pleraque eorum quae rettuli quaeque referam parva forsitan et levia memoratu videri non nescius sum; set nemo annales nostros cum scriptura eorum contenderit qui veteres populi Romani res composuere. Ingentia illi bella, expugnationes urbium, fusos captosque reges aut, si quando ad interna praeverterent, discordias consulum adversum tribunos, agrarias frumentariasque leges, plebis et optimatium certamina libero egressu memorabant. Nobis in arto et inglorius labor: immota quippe aut modice lacessita pax, maestae urbis res, et princeps proferendi imperi incuriosus erat. Non tamen sine usu fuerit introspicere illa primo aspectu levia, ex quis magnarum saepe rerum motus oriuntur. Nam cunctas nationes et urbes populus aut primores aut singuli regunt: delecta ex iis et conflata rei publicae forma laudari facilius quam evenire, vel si evenit, haud diuturna esse potest.

45. The Right Coast: Tacitus And Political Correctness In The Roman EmpireGail Herio It led me to do some casual research on tacitusperhaps the first European to indulge in the noble savage myth. (To my delight, the first entry to pop up http://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/2007/10/tacitus-and-pol.html

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46. Historia Augusta • Life Of The Emperor Tacitus It is important, however, that it should be known how tacitus13 was created emperor. 2 On the seventh day before the Kalends of October, when the most noble http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Tacitus*.html

mail: Bill Thayer Latine Italiano Help Up Home Aurelian This webpage reproduces part of the Historia Augusta published in the Loeb Classical Library, the text of which is in the public domain. This page has been carefully proofread and I believe it to be free of errors. If you find a mistake though, please let me know! Probus (Vol. III) Historia Augusta The Life of Tacitus A certain measure adopted after the departure of Romulus, during the infancy of Rome's power, and recorded by the pontiffs, the duly authorized writers of history,— namely, the proclamation of a regency for the interval in which one good prince was being sought for to succeed another — was also adopted after the death of Aurelian for the space of six whole months, while the senate and the army of Rome were engaged in a contest, one that was marked not by envy and unhappiness but rather by good feeling and sense of duty.  This occasion, however, differed in many ways from that former undertaking. For originally, when the regency was proclaimed after the reign of Romulus, regents were actually created, and that whole year was divided up among the hundred senators for periods of three, or four, or five days apiece

47. Obsidian Wings: Well, They Agree On One Thing Okay ObWi posters You let tacitus back on this site after the most egregious tacitus Surely you can defend your arguments, such as they are, http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2005/03/well_they_agree.html

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49. Tacitus On The Christians The emperor Nero was blamed by the Roman populace, and in turn blamed the Christians. The Roman historian tacitus explains what happened. http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/christianity/tacitus.html

Anatolia Carthage Egypt Germ. Inf. ... Other Tacitus on the Christians On 19-27 July 64, Rome was destroyed by a great fire: only four of its fourteen quarters remained intact. The emperor Nero was blamed by the Roman populace, and in turn blamed the Christians. The Roman historian Tacitus explains what happened. article Jona Lendering But all human efforts, all the lavish gifts of the emperor, and the propitiations of the gods, did not banish the sinister belief that the conflagration was the result of an order. Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called 'Chrestians' by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators Pontius Pilate , and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea , the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired.

50. The Histories (Tacitus) - Wikisource Beginning in January 69, tacitus tells the story of the Year of Four Emperors, as Galba was overthrown by Otho, Otho by Vitellius, and finally, Vitellius by http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Histories_(Tacitus)

The Histories (Tacitus) From Wikisource Jump to: navigation search The Histories by Tacitus Translation based on Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb (1876) edit Contents Related Wikipedia article: Histories (Tacitus) In June 68, the emperor Nero was deposed by the Senate in favour of the elderly general Galba , and committed suicide. Beginning in January 69, Tacitus tells the story of the Year of Four Emperors , as Galba was overthrown by Otho , Otho by Vitellius , and finally, Vitellius by Vespasian . The later books, which originally covered the majority of Vespasian's reign and those of his sons Titus and Domitian , have not survived. Book 1 : January - March, C.E. 69 Book 2 : March - August, C.E. 69 Book 3 : Semptember - December, C.E. 69 Book 4 : January - November, C.E. 70 Book 5 : C.E. 70 edit Other translations William Hamilton Fyfe's 1912 translation at Project Gutenberg Retrieved from " http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Histories_%28Tacitus%29 Categories Ancient Roman historical works Works originally in Latin Views Page Discussion Edit History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main Page Community portal Central discussion Recent changes ... Donate Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Cite this page In other languages Latina Fran§ais This page was last modified 18:49, 4 April 2007.

51. Tacitus, Roman Emperor — Infoplease.com Turning to tacitus.(lessons from tacitus regarding the rule of law and freedom when confronted by terror) (Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law) http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0847597.html

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52. Tacitus, Roman Historian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 tacitus, Roman historian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 200107. http://www.bartelby.org/65/ta/Tacitus2.html

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53. Tacitus And Tiberius Did tacitus malign Tiberius by portraying him as hypocritical, cruel, wrathful and preverted? http://janusquirinus.org/essays/Tiberius.html

Tacitus and Tiberius The emperor Tiberius emerges from Tacitus' Annals as a hypocritical, cruel and immoral character. Yet a closer study of the factual evidence given by Tacitus illustrates a totally different emperor. Indeed, it would appear that Tiberius, at least in the first half of his reign, was exceedingly capable. It is interesting to note that the negative impression created by Tacitus—despite the factual evidence—arises from his seductive writing style and innuendoes, and not so much from tangible evidence. The reason why Tacitus depict Tiberius as such is of interest because it shows his bias, perhaps based on his background, and brings into question the reliability of Tacitus' history writing. It is also representative of the hostile senatorial tradition towards the emperors. from http://janusquirinus.org/ The reign of Tiberius according to Tacitus can be separated into two different periods, demarcated by the death of Drusus and the ascendancy of Sejanus. The initial period was regarded by Tacitus as "a time of reserve and crafty assumptions of virtue", while the days in Capri were a time of paranoid politics and moral depravity, "[plunging] into every wickedness and disgrace" ( Annals VI.51). The general picture painted of 'Tiberius is that he was a man with inherent character flaws, which he hid as long as there were external reasons, perhaps with hypocritical acts of goodness or kindness. Eventually, though, he cast off his pretences and "indulged his own inclination"’ (

54. The Roman Gask Project Peter Salway s Roman Britain is slightly more critical of tacitus, Interestingly tacitus Agricola is far less explicit about Agricola being the first http://www.theromangaskproject.org.uk/Pages/Introduction/Tacitus.html

ARCHAEOLOGY VERSUS TACITUS' AGRICOLA, A 1ST CENTURY WORST CASE SCENARIO A lecture given to the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference, held in Dublin, 15th December, 2001 Birgitta Hoffmann Gask home In 1425 Poggio, the Pope's secretary and book-collector in Rome, got a letter from the monastery of Hersfeld in Germany, informing him that after checking his list of desiderata against the books preserved in their library, a volume of hitherto unknown works of Tacitus had been identified. In the ensuing correspondence it became clear that these 'new' works were the Dialogue on the Orator, the Germania and the Agricola. It took another 30 years for this manuscript to make its way from Germany to Italy, where it seems that, from the 1470s onwards, a number of people made hand-written and printed copies, before the original manuscript vanished, only to partly resurface in the early 20th century in Iesi in Northern Italy. Given the problems that the Germania and Agricola in particular have caused, there must be quite a few Romanists, who wish that the manuscripts might have gone astray in the post en-route to Rome, but instead the Agricola has risen to become one of the most read volumes of Roman history in Britain. The text itself is, according to most of its editors, a form of funeral eulogy for Tacitus' father-in-law. It is full of the ingredients of a gripping historical tale: a good story, a believable main character, and a battle scene, indeed - only the happy ending falls far short of expectations. The same ingredients now make 'Meet the Ancestors' such a success on television, and we should not be surprised that from at least the 18th century onwards, it became a popular pastime of vicars and military personnel to try to find the location of the reported events, usually by associating them with 'Roman antiquities' in the fields of their parishes.

55. The Destruction Of Pompeii, 79 AD A few years after the event, Pliny wrote a friend, Cornelius tacitus, . In a second letter to tacitus, Pliny describes what happened to him and to his http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm

The Ancient World Making an Ancient Egyptian Mummy The Battle of Marathon, 490 BC Everyday Life in Ancient Greece ... Dining with Attila the Hun, 448 The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD Printer Friendly Version >>> O n August 24, 79 Mount Vesuvius literally blew its top, spewing tons of molten ash, pumice and sulfuric gas miles into Vesuvius erupts, 1944 the atmosphere. A "firestorm" of poisonous vapors and molten debris engulfed the surrounding area suffocating the inhabitants of the neighboring Roman resort cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. Tons of falling debris filled the streets until nothing remained to be seen of the once thriving communities. The cities remained buried and undiscovered for almost 1700 years until excavation began in 1748. These excavations continue today and provide insight into life during the Roman Empire. An ancient voice reaches out from the past to tell us of the disaster. This voice belongs to Pliny the Younger whose letters describe his experience during the eruption while he was staying in the home of his Uncle, Pliny the Elder. The elder Pliny was an official in the Roman Court, in charge of the fleet in the area of the Bay of Naples and a naturalist. Pliny the Younger's letters were discovered in the 16th century. Wrath of the Gods A few years after the event, Pliny wrote a friend, Cornelius Tacitus, describing the happenings of late August 79 AD when the eruption of Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii, killed his Uncle and almost destroyed his family. At the time, Pliney was eighteen and living at his Uncle's villa in the town of Misenum. We pick up his story as he describes the warning raised by his mother:

56. Tacitus - Wikipedie, Otevřená Encyklopedie tacitus vystudoval v ím , kde se roku 78 oženil s dcerou významné osoby ve ejného života, Gnaea Iulia Agrikoly. Za císa e Vespasiána zahájil typickou http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus

Tacitus Z Wikipedie, otevřen© encyklopedie Skočit na: Navigace Hled¡n­ Cornelius Tacitus Publius (t©Å¾ Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (* kolem po Kr.; † po , pravděpodobně , nejpozději ) byl v½znamn½ ř­msk½ historik, pr¡vn­k a sen¡tor, považovan½ za jednoho z největÅ¡­ch antick½ch dějepisců. Obsah Život D­lo Charakteristika d­la Hlavn­ d­la ... editovat Život O Tacitově životě existuj­ jen sporadick¡ svědectv­ (proto nen­ zn¡mo jeho praenomen) od něj sam©ho nebo jeho současn­ků, předevÅ¡­m od Plinia MladÅ¡­ho . Jeho rodina poch¡zela pravděpodobně z jedn© z ř­msk½ch provinci­, snad Galie Cisalp­nsk© nebo Galie Narbonsk©, někter© prameny mluv­ o umbrijsk© Interamně (dnes Terni). Rodina asi patřila k jezdeck©mu stavu (nižš­ Å¡lechtě). Tacitus vystudoval v Ř­mě, kde se roku oženil s dcerou v½znamn© osoby veřejn©ho života, Gnaea Iulia Agrikoly . Za c­saře Vespasi¡na zah¡jil typickou ºÅ™edn­ kari©ru ř­msk©ho sen¡tora ( cursus honorum ), pot© se v roce se stal praetorem a po ukončen­ praetury spravoval nějakou provincii (pravděpodobně Belgii ). Roku

57. Guardian Unlimited | Comment Is Free | Tacitus Was No Elitist Jan 16, 2007 Reading the Roman historian tacitus is probably best compared to getting to grips with Joyce s Finnegans Wake. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1991336,00.html

Sign in Register Read today's paper Jobs Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs Life MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Search: Home Contributors A-Z Subjects A-Z Editors' blog ... Other blogs Tacitus was no elitist It is the sheer difficulty of learning the Latin language that makes it a great social leveller Mary Beard Tuesday January 16, 2007 The Guardian Imagine an evening at the theatre listening to words like this. "Thine arms were gyved! Nay, no gyve, no touch, was laid on me. 'Twas there I mocked him, in his gyves..." It's hardly a thrilling prospect. But if the study of Greek and Latin in this country had been quietly stopped after the first world war (as nearly happened), this is how we would now all be experiencing Greek tragedy, for that was a quote from Gilbert Murray's translation of Euripides's Bacchae, published in 1904. It's the leader of the chorus talking to the god Dionysus, who's just escaped from prison - a "gyve" is apparently an old-fashioned word for a chain. In a Greek-less world, that would be about as close to Euripides as we could get.

58. TACITUS On The Germans tacitus seems to idealize some facets of the Germans society, perhaps in contrast to things which he felt were deteriorating in the Roman world, http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Texts/TacitusGerm.html

TACITUS: De Germania This remarkable little book is, after Caesar's remarks in the Commentarii VI, our only source of information about the early Germans, and it has been studied in greatest detail especially by the Germans with full scholarly detail. It was published apparently in or near 98 AD under Trajan, from a remark in Section 37, and was intended to bring to the Romans little known information about their important northern neighbors. There is much supposition and guesswork in the Germania, but also factual materials for which we would have no other source in Roman history, so the book has a special place of importance for us. Tacitus seems to idealize some facets of the Germans' society, perhaps in contrast to things which he felt were deteriorating in the Roman world, and some of his positive appreciations must be taken with some caution. On the other hand, where there is so little information available, everything is potentially valuable. Stylistically this is early Tacitus and much easier reading than his later work which is characterized by an increasingly harsh view of politics accompanied with an increasingly terse and difficult style of writing. A little later than the Agricola memoir (from which I have selected a few parallel passage on the Britons) it is not difficult reading and I have given the whole text, which I think can be read fairly well without commentary. After reading some Caesar and getting the basic vocabulary of the Frontier under control, the Germania in a sense can speak directly for itself.

59. The Viking Age, Some Literature (Tacitus) Works by tacitus Germania Annals Annals, chapter I; Annals, chapter II; Annals, chapter III; Annals, chapter IV; Annals, chapter V; Annales, http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/lit/tacitus/

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