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Tacitus

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Tac·i·tus  (ts-ts), Publius Cornelius a.d. 55?-120?
Roman public official and historian whose two greatest works, Histories and Annals, concern the period from the death of Augustus (a.d. 14) to the death of Domitian (96).
Tacitus [ˈtæsɪtəs]
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(Biographies / Tacitus, Publius Cornelius (?55-?120) M, Roman, HISTORY: historian, POLITICS: orator) Publius Cornelius (ˈpʌblɪəs kɔːˈniːljəs). ?55-?120 ad, Roman historian and orator, famous as a prose stylist. His works include the Histories, dealing with the period 68-96, and the
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Noun1.Tacitus - Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120)
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Tacitus [ˈtæsɪtəs] N → Tácito
Tacitus [ˈtæsɪtəs] n (History, Literature) → Tacito
Tacitus [ˈtæsɪtəs] n (History, Literature) → Tacito


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Tiberius in dissimulation; as Tacitus saith of him, Jam Tiberium vires et corpus, non dissimulatio, deserebant.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
I could recite you the whole of Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Strada, Jornandes, Dante, Montaigne, Shakspeare, Spinoza, Machiavelli, and Bossuet.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
With characteristic intellectual independence Bacon strikes out for himself an extremely terse and clear manner of expression, doubtless influenced by such Latin authors as Tacitus, which stands in marked contrast to the formless diffuseness or artificial elaborateness of most Elizabethan and Jacobean prose.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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