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Publius Cornelius Tacitus (c. 54 – c. 120)

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One of the most important ancient Roman historians. Tacitus's Annals and Histories originally covered the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus (AD 14) to the death of Domitian (AD 96), although substantial portions have not survived. Aside from these major works, he also wrote a biography of his father-in-law (Agricola) and an ethnographic study of Germany (Germania). The Dialogue on Orators, an imaginary conversation on the subject of rhetoric, is attributed to him, but is written in a markedly different style.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Works

• Agricola (ca. 98)

  Agricola, translated by Hutton (1914/1920) (IA)

• Germania (ca. 98)

  Germania, translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb

  Germania, translated by Hutton (1914/1920) ([dialogusagricola0000taci_n3b1 external scan])

  A Treatise on the Situation, Manner, and People of Germany, translated by Murphy (1793) (IA)

• Dialogue on Orators (ca. 102)
• The Histories (ca. 105)

  The Histories, based on the translation of Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb (1876)

  Tacitus, The Histories, translated by William Hamilton Fyfe (1912), Vol. 1:(transcription project), Vol. 2: (transcription project)

  The History of Tacitus, translated by Murphy (1793) (IA), rev. (1854) (IA)

  The Histories, translated by Moore (1925, 1931)

  The Histories of Tacitus, translated by Ramsay (1915) (IA)

• Annals (ca. 117)

  The Annals, translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb

  The Annals of Tacitus, translated by Murphy (1793) (IA) (IA), Revised (I854) (IA)

  The Annals of Tacitus, translated by Ramsay (1904, 1909) (IA) (IA)

  Tacitus: Annals, translated by Elizabeth I (1590s) (external scan)

Works about Tacitus

• "Tacitus," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (23) (1888)
• "Tacitus, Cornelius," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Tacitus, Publius Cornelius," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)