Tacitus

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Roman senator ancient Roman historian author orator person

Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian and senator best known for his detailed and critical accounts of the early Roman Empire, including references to figures such as Pontius Pilate and early Christians.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tacitus canonical 78
Publius Cornelius Tacitus 4
Cornelius Tacitus 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman senator ⓘ
ancient Roman historian ⓘ
author ⓘ
orator ⓘ
person ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
dateOfBirth circa 56 CE ⓘ
dateOfDeath after 117 CE ⓘ
described Germanic tribes in Germania ⓘ
governorship of Agricola in Britain ⓘ
era Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
ethnicGroup Roman ⓘ
familyName Tacitus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cornelius Tacitus
genre biography ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
history ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
givenName Publius ⓘ
historicalReputation one of the greatest Roman historians ⓘ
influenced Edward Gibbon ⓘ
modern historiography ⓘ
influencedBy Livy ⓘ
Sallust ⓘ
knownFor concise and epigrammatic Latin style ⓘ
critical analysis of Roman emperors ⓘ
early non-Christian reference to Christians ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
name Tacitus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
notableWork Agricola ⓘ
Annals ⓘ
Dialogus de oratoribus ⓘ
Germania ⓘ
Histories ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
orator ⓘ
proconsul ⓘ
senator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Roman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld consul suffectus of the Roman Empire ⓘ
proconsul of Asia ⓘ
senator of the Roman Empire ⓘ
relative Gnaeus Julius Agricola ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse daughter of Gnaeus Julius Agricola ⓘ
subjectOf study of early Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriodWrittenAbout 69–96 CE ⓘ
reigns from Tiberius to Nero ⓘ
workAuthored Agricola ⓘ
Annals ⓘ
Dialogus de oratoribus ⓘ
Germania ⓘ
Histories ⓘ
wroteAbout Caligula ⓘ
Claudius ⓘ
Domitian ⓘ
Flavian dynasty ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus (as Christus)

Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
Nero ⓘ
Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
Vespasian ⓘ
Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ
early Christians ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pontius Pilate → source → Tacitus ⓘ
Latin → classicalAuthors → Tacitus ⓘ
Caligula → historicalSource → Tacitus ⓘ
Enrico Caterino Davila → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Niccolò Machiavelli → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Batavi tribe → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
subject surface form: Batavi
Tacitus → familyName → Tacitus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cornelius Tacitus
Tacitus → name → Tacitus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Livy → influenced → Tacitus ⓘ
Iazyges → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Buri → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Marcomanni → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Quadi → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Suebi → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Bastarnae → mentionedInSource → Tacitus ⓘ
Vipsania Agrippina → mentionedIn → Tacitus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Annals
Germania → describedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Antium → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Pliny the Younger → correspondent → Tacitus ⓘ
Principate → describedBySource → Tacitus ⓘ
Great Fire of Rome → primarySource → Tacitus ⓘ
Pisonian conspiracy → hasSource → Tacitus ⓘ
Batavian people → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Justus Lipsius → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Giambattista Vico → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Loeb Classical Library → includesAuthor → Tacitus ⓘ
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Sallust → influenced → Tacitus ⓘ
PC Hooft → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
subject surface form: P.C. Hooft
Chatti → describedBySource → Tacitus ⓘ
Ubii → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Batavian cohorts → historicalSource → Tacitus ⓘ
Julius Civilis → historicalSource → Tacitus ⓘ
Publius → isPraenomenOf → Tacitus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Publius → isPraenomenOf → Tacitus ⓘ
Publius → partOfFullName → Tacitus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Publius → hasNotableBearer → Tacitus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableAuthor → Tacitus ⓘ
Annals → author → Tacitus ⓘ
Histories → author → Tacitus ⓘ
Agricola → author → Tacitus ⓘ
subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
Dialogus de oratoribus → author → Tacitus ⓘ
Dialogus de oratoribus → traditionalAttribution → Tacitus ⓘ
Dialogus de oratoribus → narrator → Tacitus ⓘ
Gnaeus Julius Agricola → relativeByMarriage → Tacitus ⓘ
Helvetii → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Caledonia → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ
Boudican revolt → describedBySource → Tacitus ⓘ
Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) → describedBySource → Tacitus ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Watling Street
Probus → predecessor → Tacitus ⓘ