Tacitus

[ tas-i-tuh s ]

/ ˈtæs ɪ təs /

noun

Pub·li·us Cornelius

[puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/,a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.

Example sentences from the Web for tacitus

But Virgil and Cicero would certainly be on the list; perhaps Livy and Tacitus; Boccaccio and Dante.

How I Write: Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Winner of ‘The Swerve’ |Noah Charney |September 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Tacitus gives the reasons that were alleged, but does not decide which was nearest the truth.

Roman Women |Alfred Brittain
In Tacitus' time he was already worshipped above the other gods; and human victims were offered to him.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick
I see the works of Tacitus, Plutarch and Grotius, lying before him in the midst of the tools of his trade.

The Social Contract & Discourses |Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The race of the Slavs, as yet existing in almost complete historical darkness, is known to Tacitus but dimly by the name of Wends.

Women of the Teutonic Nations |Hermann Schoenfeld
Many scholars hold that it was exclusively choric, not only in Tacitus' time but for four or five centuries later.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for tacitus

Tacitus

/ (ˈtæsɪtəs) /

noun

Publius Cornelius (ˈpʌblɪəs kɔːˈniːljəs). ?55–?120 ad, Roman historian and orator, famous as a prose stylist. His works include the Histories, dealing with the period 68–96, and the Annals, dealing with the period 14–68

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