Tacitus’ Histories

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Latin prose work Roman historiographical work ancient Roman literature historical work

Tacitus’ Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by the senator and historian Tacitus, covering the turbulent events of the Roman Empire in the late first century CE.

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Tacitus' Histories 3
Histories (Tacitus) 2
Histories by Tacitus 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
Roman historiographical work ⓘ
ancient Roman literature ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate c. 100–110 CE ⓘ
author Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
coversPeriodFrom 69 CE ⓘ
coversPeriodTo 96 CE ⓘ
dateWritten early 2nd century CE ⓘ
emphasizes corruption of power ⓘ
moral and political analysis ⓘ
role of the Senate under the emperors ⓘ
followedBy Tacitus’ Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre historiography ⓘ
hasCommentaryTradition extensive philological and historical scholarship ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanist historiography ⓘ
early modern political thought ⓘ
later Roman historians ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryStyle concise and epigrammatic ⓘ
rhetorically elaborate ⓘ
mainFocus Flavian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Year of the Four Emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeBeginsWith death of Nero ⓘ
narrativeIncludes civil wars of 69 CE ⓘ
early reign of Domitian ⓘ
establishment of Flavian rule ⓘ
reigns of Galba, Otho, and Vitellius ⓘ
rise of Vespasian ⓘ
numberOfBooksPlanned 14 ⓘ
numberOfBooksSurviving 5 ⓘ
originalTitle Historiae NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Tacitus’ historical corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedesInNarrative Tacitus’ Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
sourceFor Jewish War context and aftermath ⓘ
Roman provincial revolts ⓘ
history of the Flavian dynasty ⓘ
military campaigns of the Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ
political history of the late first-century Roman Empire ⓘ
stateOfPreservation incomplete ⓘ
studiedIn Latin literature ⓘ
ancient history ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
tone critical of imperial autocracy ⓘ

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Batavian revolt → describedIn → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
Julius Civilis → mentionedInWork → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Histories
Agricola → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
this entity surface form: Histories (Tacitus)
Annals by Tacitus → prequelTo → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
subject surface form: Annals
this entity surface form: Histories (Tacitus)
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus → describedInSource → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus – Histories
annus quattuor imperatorum → documentedIn → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
subject surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum
this entity surface form: Histories by Tacitus
Vespasii family → sourceMention → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus "Histories"
Antonius Primus → knownFrom → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus "Histories"
Battle of Bedriacum → describedIn → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Histories by Tacitus
Sextilia → mentionedIn → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Histories
Galeria Fundana → describedIn → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Histories
Vitellia → mentionedIn → Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ