Tacitus

(noun)

(c. AD 56 – after 117), was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire.

Related Terms

Examples of Tacitus in the following topics:

  • The Rise of Christianity

    • The first recorded official persecution of Christians on behalf of the Roman Empire was in 64 CE, when, as reported by the Roman historian Tacitus, Emperor Nero blamed Christians for the Great Fire of Rome.

  • Italian Trade Cities

    • Humanist scholars searched monastic libraries for ancient manuscripts and recovered Tacitus and other Latin authors.

  • The Germanic Tribes

    • West Germanic people eventually settled in central Europe and became more accustomed to agriculture and it is the various western Germanic people that are described by Caesar and Tacitus.