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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, despite various opinions current in his day regarding the Jews ' ethnicity, most of his sources are in agreement that there was an Exodus from Egypt.
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 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 while
Tacitus however leaves open the possibility that she was deprived of nourishment while in prison and her death was not voluntary.
Tacitus writes that the Praetorian Prefect, Macro, smothered Tiberius with a pillow to hasten Caligula's accession, much to the joy of the Roman people, while Suetonius writes that Caligula may have carried out the killing, though this is not recorded by any other ancient historian.
After his death, Domitian's memory was condemned to oblivion by the Roman Senate, while senatorial authors such as Tacitus, Pliny the Younger and Suetonius published histories propagating the view of Domitian as a cruel and paranoid tyrant.
Other influential 2nd century authors include Juvenal and Pliny the Younger, the latter of whom was a friend of Tacitus and in 100 delivered his famous Panygericus Traiani before Trajan and the Roman Senate, exalting the new era of restored freedom while condemning Domitian as a tyrant.
This was never proven, and Piso later died while facing trial ( ostensibly by suicide, but Tacitus supposes Tiberius may have had him murdered before he could implicate the emperor in Germanicus ' death ).
For example, the earliest surviving copies of parts of the Roman historian Tacitus ' main work, the Annals of Imperial Rome ( written in 116 AD ), come from a single manuscript written in 850 AD, although for other parts of his work, the earliest copies come from the 11th century, while other parts of his work have been lost.
In the late Icelandic Eddas, Tyr is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin ( Prose Edda ) or of Hymir ( Poetic Edda ), while the origins of his name and his possible relationship to Tuisto ( see Tacitus ' Germania ) suggest he was once considered the father of the gods and head of the pantheon, since his name is ultimately cognate to that of * Dyeus ( cf.
Tacitus never accused Nero of playing the lyre while Rome burned-that statement came from Cassius Dio, who died in the 3rd century.
etymology of the name of Julius Caesar ) although he was balding, and Tacitus ' cognomen meant silent, while he was a well-known orator.
According to Tacitus, Piso used his eloquence to defend his fellow citizens and was generous and gracious in speech, but lacked earnestness and was overly ostentatious, while craving the sensual.
The Roman historian Tacitus mentions that Agricola, while governor of Roman Britain ( AD 78-84 ), entertained an exiled Irish prince ( may be Túathal ), thinking to use him as a pretext for a possible conquest of Ireland.
Grundy notes that it is rarely mentioned that the Germanic peoples sometimes practiced polygamy, and cites chapter 18 of Tacitus ' 1st century AD work Germania, where Tacitus records that while monogamy has very few exceptions in Germanic society, there are those who actively seek a polygamous marriage " for the sake of high birth.
Tacitus said that Nero's playing his lyre and singing while the city burned was only a rumor.
According to Tacitus, Nero ordered Christians to be thrown to dogs, while others were crucified or burned to serve as lights.
According to Tacitus, allied auxiliary infantry, 8, 000 in number, were in the centre, while 3, 000 cavalry were on the flanks, with the Roman legionaries in front of their camp as a reserve.
According to Tacitus ( AD 56 – AD 117 ) Dacians were bordering Germany in the south-east while Sarmatians bordered it in the east.
Some archaeologists believe that Esuprastus was the true name of the king Tacitus calls Prasutagus, while others think he was a different person.
According to Tacitus, the number of Germanic casualties were between 10, 000-20, 000 dead or wounded, while probably less than ten thousand Romans were killed.
However the sources do not appear to support this: according to Dio, Togodumnus was killed in 43 in the early stages of the Roman conquest of Britain, while Tacitus says that Cogidubnus remained loyal to Rome as a client king into the later part of the 1st century.
But while this may seem a plausible identification for the Phinnoi of north Scandinavia, it is dubious for Tacitus ' Fenni.
Lindow ( 2001 ), while mindful of the possible semantic connection between Tuisto and Ymir, notes an essential functional difference: while Ymir is portrayed as an " essentially … negative figure "-Tuisto is described as being " celebrated " ( celebrant ) by the early Germanic peoples in song, with Tacitus reporting nothing negative about Tuisto.

Tacitus and Drusus
According to Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio, Sejanus had poisoned Drusus, not only because he feared the wrath of the future Emperor but also because he had designs on the supreme power, and aimed at removing a potential competitor -, with Livilla as his accomplice.
In 33 he married Julia, daughter of Livilla and consul Julius Caesar Drusus ( Tacitus, Ann.

Tacitus and Germanicus
However, Augustus compelled Tiberius to adopt Germanicus as a son and to name him as his heir ( see Tacitus, Annals IV. 57 ).
He feared the people of Rome knew of the conspiracy against Germanicus, but Tiberius ' jealousy and fear of his nephew's popularity and increasing power was the true motive as understood by Tacitus.
The historians Tacitus and Suetonius record the funeral and posthumous honors of Germanicus.
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.
All that remains of his works is a fragment preserved in the Suasoria of the rhetorician Seneca the Elder, from a description of the voyage of Germanicus ( AD 16 ) through the river Ems to the Northern Ocean, when he was overtaken by the storm described by Tacitus.
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.
Idistaviso is the location on the Weser river where forces commanded by Arminius fought those commanded by Germanicus at the Battle of the Weser River in 16 CE, attested in chapter 16 of Tacitus ' Annales II.
Tacitus mentions them repeatedly, in particular in the context of the wars of Germanicus.
Tacitus notes that that " the remains of human bodies " were found along with curse paraphernalia in the quarters of Germanicus.

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