Some of these men were executed as early as 83 or 85 however, lending little credit to Tacitus ' notion of a " reign of terror " late in Domitian's reign.

He circulated copies of the historian Gaius Cornelius Tacitus ' work, which was barely read at the time, and so we perhaps have him to thank for the partial survival of Tacitus ' work ; however, modern historiography rejects his claimed descent from the historian as forgery.

The name of Estonia occurs first in a form of Aestii in the 1st century AD by Tacitus ; however, it might have indicated Baltic tribes living in the area.

Tacitus describes her as the " wife of the Plautius who returned from Britain with an ovation ", which led John Lingard ( 1771 – 1851 ) to conclude, in his History and Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church, that she was British ; however, this conclusion is a misinterpretation of what Tacitus wrote.

According to Tacitus however, Suilius's accusations did not hold up under scrutiny.

During Tacitus ' era they included lesser-known tribes such as the Tencteri, Cherusci, Hermunduri and Chatti ; however, a period of federation and intermarriage resulted in the familiar groups known as the Alemanni, Franks, Saxons, Frisians and Thuringians.

It is best, however, not to narrow unnecessarily the sphere of classicity ; to exclude Terence on the one hand or Tacitus and Pliny on the other, would savour of artificial restriction rather than that of a natural classification.

Tacitus, in Chapter 24 of Agricola, does not tell us what body of water he crossed, although many scholars believe it was the Clyde or Forth ; however, the rest of the chapter exclusively concerns Ireland.

This view is not held by the majority of historians however who believe an engagement of some description did occur, noting it would be dangerous for an aspiring rhetorician and historian such as Tacitus to have completely fabricated such events.

Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz argue that Tacitus at times had drawn on earlier historical works now lost to us, and he may have used official sources from a Roman archive in this case ; however, if Tacitus had been copying from an official source, some scholars would expect him to have labeled Pilate correctly as a prefect rather than a procurator.

The story remains disputed, however, as Roman historian Tacitus implies a site closer to the river Severn.

One should not, however, think that Tacitus ' portrayal of Germanic customs is entirely favorable ; he notes a tendency in the Germanic people for what he saw as their habitual drunkenness, laziness, and barbarism, among other traits.

Young Silanus, however, did not open his veins, when invited to do so ; he went down fighting with his fists, and Tacitus notes that the centurion was forced to run him through with his sword ; his fatal wound, according to the historian, was in front 16. 9.

We do know, however, that in Tacitus ' day the Germans discerned a divinity of prophecy in women, and virgin prophetesses, such as Veleda, were honored as true and living goddesses.

It is more than questionable, however, whether Tacitus himself divided his work under these titles.

Tacitus, however, calls his brother Quintus.

The use of Tacitus as a source for political philosophy, however, began in this era, triggered by the Florentine Republic's struggle against the imperial ambitions of Giangaleazzo Visconti.

The rule of Cosimo de Medici, however, saw the end of these political readings of Tacitus, though his works were now readily available in the public library of Florence.

By the end of 20th century, however, a sort of inverted red tacitism ( as the new variant of black tacitism could be called ) appeared, for example in publications like Woodman's Tacitus reviewed: the new theories described the emperors of the principate no longer as monarchs ruling as autocrats, but as " magistrates " in essence defending a " republican " form of government ( which might excuse some of their rash actions ), very much in line with Graves ' lenient posture regarding crimes committed under the rule of princeps Claudius ( for instance the putting aside of the elder L. Silanus, showing the emperor's lack of conscience according to Tacitus, Ann.

Tacitus does not mentions the Silingi ; however, he places the Naharvali in about the same geographical area in which Ptolemaeus placed the Silingi.

Tacitus claimed the request was refused on the " noble " grounds that ( as related by Tacitus ) " Romans take vengeance on their enemies, not by underhanded tricks, but by open force of arms.

More recently, a discovery of Roman artefacts in Kings Norton close to Metchley Camp has suggested another possibility, and a thorough examination of a stretch of Watling Street between St. Albans, Boudica's last known location, and the Fosse Way junction has suggested the Cuttle Mill area of Paulerspury in Northamptonshire, which has topography very closely matching that described by Tacitus of the scene of the battle.

However, as discussed further below, the report of Tacitus that the Tungri were the original " Germani " that came earliest over the Rhine, and the way this matches the description by Caesar of the Eburones and their neighbours, leads to the possibility that they survived under a new name.

Nevertheless, Tacitus does not accept the imperial government apathetically, and he shows, as in the Agricola the remaining possibility of making choices that are dignified and useful to the state.

Boudica then either killed herself, so she would not be captured, or fell ill and died — the extant sources, Tacitus and Cassius Dio, differ.

Tacitus gives her a short speech in which she presents herself not as an aristocrat avenging her lost wealth, but as an ordinary person, avenging her lost freedom, her battered body, and the abused chastity of her daughters.

According to Tacitus in his Annals, Boudica poisoned herself, though in the Agricola which was written almost twenty years prior he mentions nothing of suicide and attributes the end of the revolt to socordia (" indolence "); Dio says she fell sick and died and then was given a lavish burial ; though this may be a convenient way to remove her from the story.

The ancient historians allege that Messalina was a nymphomaniac who was regularly unfaithful to Claudius — Tacitus states she went so far as to compete with a prostitute to see who could have the most sexual partners in a night — and manipulated his policies in order to amass wealth.

According to the First Century Roman historian Tacitus, she died by poisoning herself so she would not be enslaved by the Roman governor, Suetonius Paulinus.

In Tacitus ' Annals, Livia is depicted as having great influence, to the extent where she " had the aged Augustus firmly under control — so much so that he exiled his only surviving grandson to the island of Planasia ".

Even a great historian like Tacitus may have been unaware of the oldest of the three sisters, or perhaps the court deliberately obscured her identity because she was not a niece of Augustus.

She is known exclusively from the work of a single Roman historian, Tacitus, though she appears to have been widely influential in early Roman Britain.

Although Cartimandua is first mentioned by Tacitus in AD 51, her rule over the Brigantes may have already been established when the emperor Claudius began the organized conquest of Britain in 43: she may have been one of the eleven " kings " who Claudius ' triumphal arch says surrendered without a fight.

Of " illustrious birth " according to Tacitus, she probably inherited her power as she appears to have ruled by right rather than through marriage.

Tacitus immortalized the woman Epicharis for her part in the Pisonian conspiracy, where she attempted to gain the support of the Roman fleet and was instead arrested.

Within a few years they were divorced ; in 20 AD he accused her of claiming that he was her son's father, and later of trying to poison him during their marriage ; Tacitus claims that she was popular with the public, who regarded Quirinius as carrying on a prosecution out of spite.

It is claimed by Tacitus that Agrippina exercised some erotic power over her son and that Acte advised Nero to resist this power, out of fear for her own safety and with Seneca's encouragement ; she warned Nero of the potential political repercussions with the military if incest with his mother were to become public.

Tacitus reports that Livilla was a remarkably beautiful woman, despite the fact she was rather ungainly as a child.

According to Tacitus, she felt resentment and jealousy against her sister-in-law Agrippina the Elder, the wife of her brother Germanicus, to whom she was unfavourably compared.

Tacitus reports that during their marriage " she had pursued her husband with ceaseless accusations ".

In 36, she was charged with adultery with a slave and committed suicide, " since there was no question about her guilt " ( Tacitus, Annals 6. 40 ).

13. 1 ), the historian casts Agrippina, Nero's mother, as the architect of the murder, on the grounds that she feared that Torquatus would act as the avenger of his brother's death, of which, Tacitus implies, she was the perpetrator ( Agrippina fratri eius L. Silano necem molita ultorem metuebat 13. 1 ).