Tácito

Tácito’s Followers (4)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Tácito


Genre


Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. AD 56 – ca. AD 120) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to the years of the First Jewish–Roman War, in 70 AD. There are enormous lacunae in the surviving texts, including one four books long in the Annals.

Other works by Tacitus discuss oratory (in dialogue format, see Dialogus de oratoribus), Germania (in De origine et situ Germanorum), and biographical notes about his father-in-law Agricola, primarily d
...more

Average rating: 3.84 · 172 ratings · 17 reviews · 66 distinct worksSimilar authors
Little Alice in Wonderland ...

by
2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
La vita di Giulio Agricola....

by
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Annali

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Anales

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
Diálogo de los Oradores: El...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
de Las Costumbres, Sitios y...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Oeuvres De C.c. Tacite: His...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Los Anales De Cayo Cornelio...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Le storie. Testo latino a f...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Anales, Los (Biblioteca Uni...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Tácito…


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Tácito to Goodreads.