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Tacitus and states

The Roman historian
Tacitus states that Agrippina had
an ‘ impressive record as wife and mother ’.

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
.
Tacitus states that among
the Catti
, a Germanic tribe ( perhaps
the Chatten ), a young man
was not allowed to shave or cut
his hair until he had slain
an enemy
.
Tacitus then
states that the Romans responded to Boudica's attack by slaughtering as many as 70
, 000 Britons
in the Battle
of Watling Street
.

Bart D
. Ehrman
states that the existence
of Jesus and
his crucifixion by
the Romans is attested to by a wide range
of sources, including Josephus and
Tacitus.

Andreas Köstenberger and separately Robert E
. Van Voorst state
that the tone
of the passage towards Christians is far too negative to have been authored by a Christian scribe-a conclusion shared by John P
. Meier Robert E
. Van Voorst
states that " of all Roman writers
, Tacitus gives us
the most precise information about Christ ".

John Dominic Crossan considers
the passage important
in establishing
that Jesus existed and
was crucified
, and
states:
" That he
was crucified is as sure as anything historical can ever be
, since both Josephus and
Tacitus ... agree with
the Christian accounts on at least
that basic fact
.

Iamblichus describes Pythagoras visiting
the mountain on account
of its reputation for sacredness
, stating
that it
was the most holy
of all mountains
, and access
was forbidden to many
, while
Tacitus states that there was an oracle situated
there, which Vespasian visited for a consultation ;
Tacitus states that there was an altar
there, but without any image upon it
, and without a temple around it
.

Certainly by
the Roman period
there is substantial place-and personal name evidence which suggests
that this
was so ;
Tacitus also
states in his Agricola
that the British language differed little
from that of the Gauls
.
Tacitus states that while Drusus Germanicus
was daring
in his campaigns against
the Germanic tribes
, he
was unable to reach this region
, and
that subsequently no one had yet made
the attempt
.
Tacitus states Plautus
was old fashioned
in tastes
, his bearing austere and he lived a secluded life
.
Tacitus states that Vipsania
was the only one
of Agrippa's children to die without violence
.

According to
Tacitus, also
, Quadratus himself sat
in judgment upon Cumanus
, and he expressly
states that Quadratus
was superior to
the procurator
in authority
.

The Helveconae as such ( manuscript variant Helvaeonae )
are one
of the tribal
states of the Lugii
in Tacitus.
Tacitus states that from this moment Octavia became very unhappy
, but learned to hide her affections and feelings around her husband and stepbrother
.
Tacitus and despite
Tacitus reports
that Livilla
was a remarkably beautiful woman
, despite the fact she
was rather ungainly as a child
.
Tacitus and various

It is a striking fact
that Ammianus
, though a professional soldier
, gives excellent pictures
of social and economic problems
, and
in his attitude to
the non-Roman peoples
of the empire he is far more broad-minded than writers like Livy and
Tacitus ;
his digressions on
the various countries he had visited
are particularly interesting
.
Tacitus in his Agricola wrote
that the various groupings
of Britons shared physical characteristics with their continental neighbours:
the Britons
of England were more typically blonde-haired
, like
the Gauls
, in contrast to
the Britons
of Wales
, who were generally dark and curly
of hair
, like
the Spanish
, or those
of Scotland
, stereotypically redheaded
.

Njörðr is often identified with
the goddess Nerthus
, whose reverence by
various Germanic tribes is described by Roman historian
Tacitus in his 1st CE century work Germania
.

Intervening between
his studies
of Tacitus and Sallust
was his 1958 set
of lectures
, Colonial Elites
, which compared
the processes and results
of colonisation by Romans
in Spain
, by Spaniards
in Latin America
, and by English settlers
in New England ; on
various grounds
, Syme distinguished English colonisation
of North America
from its Roman and Spanish counterparts
.

* Annals by
Tacitus (
various editions ).

Images
of the various gods played a part
in worship
, although
Tacitus noted
that whilst amongst
the early Germans
" effigies
" were used and even taken into battle
, they were not
" human appearance ".
Tacitus and opinions

As to this body
Tacitus expresses two different
opinions, representing two different traditions:
that it
was introduced either by Tatius himself to preserve
the Sabine cult
in Rome ; or by Romulus
in honour
of Tatius
, at whose grave its members were bound to offer a yearly sacrifice
.
Tacitus ' descriptions
of the Germanic character
are at times favorable
in contrast to
the opinions of the Romans
of his day.
Tacitus and day

*
Tacitus mentions
the Suiones
, who will one
day be called
the Swedes
.

The surviving text
of Tacitus breaks off at
the moment when Thrasea
was about to address Demetrius
, the Cynic philosopher
, with whom he had previously
that day held a conversation on
the nature
of the soul
.
Tacitus describes her as ‘
the loveliest woman
of her
day ’.

Lindauer ( 1975 ) notes
that, although this claim is to be judged as one made out
of simple ignorance
of the facts on
the part
of Tacitus, he
was not entirely wrong
, as he made
the judgement based on a comparison with
the relatively turbulent Mediterranean region
of his day.

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
.
" Although
Tacitus, like many historians
of his day, was given to invent stirring speeches for such occasions
, Suetonius's speech here is unusually blunt and practical
.

The historian
, Dr Graham Webster has suggested it took place near Manduessedum ("
the place
of the war chariots "), modern
day Mancetter and military finds
of armour and military coinage relating to
the 14th Legion
, whom
Tacitus records formed part
of Suetonius
' army
, have been found
in the region
, giving weight to Webster's hypothesis
.
Tacitus and regarding

From
the memoirs written by Agrippina
the Younger
, Tacitus used
the memoirs to extract information
regarding the family and fate
of Agrippina
the Elder
, when
Tacitus was writing The Annals
.

This view is based partly on Old English and Danish traditions
regarding persons and events
of the 4th century
, and partly on
the fact
that striking affinities to
the cult
of Nerthus as described by
Tacitus are to be found
in pre-Christian Scandinavian
, especially Swedish and Danish
, religion
.

Suetonius offered battle
in a strong defensive position described by
Tacitus and many fruitless attempts have been made to be more precise
regarding the site
of the Battle
of Watling Street
, the last battle
of Boudica
.

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 and Jews
" And
Tacitus wrote
that " Jerusalem is
the capital
of the Jews.

Both Josephus
, writing
in Antiquities
of the Jews ( c
. AD 93 ), and
the early 2nd century Roman historian
Tacitus, writing
in The Annals ( c
. AD 116 ), state
that Pilate ordered
the execution
of Jesus
.

Manetho
, an Egyptian priest and historian
of that time
, wrote scathingly
of the Jews and
his themes
are repeated
in the works
of Chaeremon
, Lysimachus
, Poseidonius
, Apollonius Molon
, and
in Apion and
Tacitus.
Tacitus and most

From
the 19th century and much
of the late 20th century
, " Boadicea
" was the most common version
of the name
, which is probably derived
from a mistranscription when a manuscript
of Tacitus was copied
in the Middle Ages
.
Tacitus, the most important Roman historian
of this period
, took a particular interest
in Britain as Gnaeus Julius Agricola
, his father-in-law and
the subject
of his first book
, served
there three times
.

One
of the most detailed reports
of military activity under
the Flavian dynasty
was written by
Tacitus, whose biography
of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola largely concerns
the conquest
of Britain between 77 and 84
.

Although
Tacitus is usually considered to be
the most reliable author
of this era
, his views on Domitian
are complicated by
the fact
that his father-in-law
, Gnaeus Julius Agricola
, may have been a personal enemy
of the Emperor
.

The
most important Roman historian
of the classical world
was Tacitus ( late 1st and early 2nd century AD ).

In
Tacitus ' opinion
, the trend away
from a true republic
was irreversible only when Tiberius established power
, shortly after Augustus
' death
in AD 14 ( much later than
most historians place
the start
of the Imperial form
of government
in Rome ).

The historians
Tacitus and Cassius Dio depict
an overweening
, even domineering dowager
, ready to interfere
in Tiberius ’ decisions
, the most notable instances being
the case
of Urgulania ( grandmother
of Claudius's first wife Plautia Urgulanilla ), a woman who correctly assumed
that her friendship with
the empress placed her above
the law
, and Munatia Plancina
, suspected
of murdering Germanicus and saved at Livia's entreaty
.

The work's forty-five chapters and ninety-five appendices make up
the most complete study
of Tacitus yet produced
, backed by
an exhaustive treatment
of the historical and political background —
the Empire's first century —
of his life
.

He also edited a number
of classical texts for
the Teubner series
, the most important
of which
are Tacitus ( 4th ed., 1883 ); Rhetores Latini minores ( 1863 ); Quintilian ( 1868 ); Sulpicius Severus ( 1866 ); Minucius Felix together with Firmicus Maternus De errore ( 1867 ); Salvianus ( 1877 ) and Victor Vitensis's Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae ( 1878 ).

The
most complete account
of Germania
that has been preserved
from Roman times is
Tacitus ' Germania
.

According to
Tacitus ( Germania 43: 3 )
the Lugii were divided into many tribes (' civitates '),
of which he mentions
the five
most powerful: Harii
, Helveconae
, Manimi
, Helisii and Naharvali
.

* The Emperor
Tacitus is acclaimed by
the Senate
, meeting
in the ' Curia Pompiliana
' ( no such building ) and after orations by
the consul
' Velius Cornificius Gordianus
' ( no such person ) and
' Maecius Faltonius Nicomachus
' ( ditto:
most of the ' Maecii
' in the HA
are invented ), he goes to
the Campus Martius and is presented to
the troops by
the Prefect
of the City
' Aelius Cesettianus
' ( no such person ) and
the Praetorian Prefect
' Moesius Gallicanus
' ( ditto:
the HA has several invented
' Gallicani ').
Tacitus mentions a king who ruled several territories as a loyal ally
of Rome into
the later part
of the first century
, called Cogidumnus
in most manuscripts but Togidumnus
in one
.

Prior to then
the most credible and respected source
, Tacitus in Germania Chapter 44 described
the Suiones
, who were divided into civitates ( kingdoms?

The only historical source
that features him is
Tacitus ' Agricola
, which describes him as
" the most distinguished for birth and valour among
the chieftains ".

In
his Dialogus de oratoribus
, Tacitus notes her to be exceptionally religious and moral
, and one
of the most admired matrons
in the history
of the Republic:

He
was a slave
, proud
of his servitude
, a Paul Pry
, convinced
that his own curiosity and garrulity were virtues
, an unsafe companion who never scrupled to repay
the most liberal hospitality by
the basest violation
of confidence
, a man without delicacy
, without shame
, without sense enough to know when he
was hurting
the feelings
of others or when he
was exposing himself to derision ; and because he
was all this
, he has
, in an important department
of literature
, immeasurably surpassed such writers as
Tacitus, Clarendon
, Alfieri
, and
his own idol Johnson
.

Although
Tacitus never travelled to Magna Germania himself and only recorded information he had obtained
from others
, the short ethnographic excursus below is
the most detailed ancient account
of the Aestii
that we have:

They first appear under
that name
in the 1st century AD Germania
of Tacitus as a Germanic tribe
that, for
most of their history
, existed along
the North bank
of the Lower Rhine
in the region today called Hamaland after them
, which is
in the Gelderland province
of the Netherlands
.

The
most important historical source about Segestes is
Tacitus, Annals
, 1
, 55-59
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