1. Publis Cornelius Tacitus
By: Theo Biddle

2. “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.”
–Tacitus

3. Background Born in Southern Gaul Lived from ca 55 ce- ca 120 ce
Son of a wealthy aristocrat

4. Early Life Studied rhetoric in Rome
Marcus Aper
Julius Secundus
Experienced The Year of The Four Emperors first hand
Married the daughter of Gnaeus Julius Agricola

5. Career Centered on law and politics Roles:
Praetor
Roman Senator
Consul
Proconsul to Asia
Prosecuted Marius Priscus (assisted by Pliny the Younger)

6. Literature The Agricola(98ce) The Germania(98ce)
A Dialogue on Oratory(ca 102 ce)
The Histories(ca 110ce)
The Annales(ca 117 ce)

7. Trivia Time!

8. Sources Lendering, Jona. “Tacitus.” Livius.org, Livius, 19 Aug. 2015.
McDonald, Alexander Hugh. “Tacitus.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 3 Apr
Irby, G L. “Cornelius Tacitus.”
Syme, Roanld. “The Friend of Tacitus.” The Journal of Roman Studies, vol. 47, no. 1/2, pp. 131–135. JSTOR.