work. Although Tacitus refers to part of his work as "my annals", the title of the work Annals used today was not assigned by Tacitus himself, but derives...
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Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (/ˈtæsɪtəs/ TAS-it-əs, Latin: [ˈtakɪtʊs]; c. AD 56 – c. 120), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely...
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senator Tacitus referred to Jesus, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals (written...
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to the Annals. Tacitus' friend Pliny the Younger referred to "your histories" when writing to Tacitus about the earlier work. By the time Tacitus had completed...
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Tacitus, Annals I.1; Josephus, Antiquities XX.8.3; Tacitus, Life of Agricola 10; Tacitus, Annals XIII.20. Tacitus, Annals XIII.20; Tacitus, Annals XIV...
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throne was offered to the aged Princeps Senatus, Tacitus. According to the Historia Augusta, Tacitus, after ascertaining the sincerity of the Senate's...
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Agrippina the Elder (section Tacitus)
Agrippina and the child among the soldiery. Tacitus attributes her actions as having quelled the mutiny (Tacitus, Annals 1.40–4). Once the mutiny was put to an...
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paganism, Baduhenna is a goddess. Baduhenna is solely attested in Tacitus's Annals where Tacitus records that a sacred grove in ancient Frisia was dedicated...
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Nero's Torches (category Works based on the Annals (Tacitus))
the Domus Aurea. The motif is based on the descriptions by Suetonius and Tacitus. Of note is that the signs attached to the feet of the condemned list their...
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Sources for the historicity of Jesus (section Tacitus)
wikisource:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 15#44 (translation from Latin by A. J. Church and W. J. Brodribb, 1876) The Roman historian and senator Tacitus referred...
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