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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cornelius Tacitus	1
Publius Cornelius Tacitus	1
Tacitus' Annals	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 (26)

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

Latin → classicalAuthors → Tacitus ⓘ

Pliny the Younger → correspondent → Tacitus ⓘ

Germania → describedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Principate → describedBySource → Tacitus ⓘ

Tacitus → familyName → Tacitus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cornelius Tacitus

Pisonian conspiracy → hasSource → Tacitus ⓘ

Caligula → historicalSource → Tacitus ⓘ

Loeb Classical Library → includesAuthor → Tacitus ⓘ

Livy → influenced → Tacitus ⓘ

Enrico Caterino Davila → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Giambattista Vico → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Justus Lipsius → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Niccolò Machiavelli → influencedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Antium → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Batavi tribe → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

Batavian people → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Buri → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Iazyges → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Marcomanni → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Quadi → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Suebi → mentionedBy → Tacitus ⓘ

Vipsania Agrippina → mentionedIn → Tacitus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tacitus' Annals

Bastarnae → mentionedInSource → Tacitus ⓘ

Tacitus → name → Tacitus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Great Fire of Rome → primarySource → Tacitus ⓘ

Pontius Pilate → source → Tacitus ⓘ