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Tacitus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Annals by Tacitus, part of the Internet Classics Archive ... ; By Tacitus ; Written 109 A.C.E. Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodrib ... The Annals has been divided into the following sections:
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A 1st century Roman writer's account of the Germanic tribes. ... Tacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at then end of the first century CE.. In doing so, be warned, he was commenting on the Rome of his own time, as much as on the German themselves.
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The dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain, but it is probable that he was born about 54 A. D. and died after 117. He was a contemporary and friend of the younger Pliny, who addressed to him some of his most famous epistles.
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The Tacitus Home Page ... A Summary of Tacitus's Works ... Tacitus: A Basic Bibliography...
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Tacitus was a Roman historian writing early in the 2nd century A.D. His Annals provide us with a single reference to Jesus of considerable value. Rather frustratingly, much of his work has been lost, including a work which covers the years 29-32, where the trial of Jesus would have been had he recorded it.
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