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Tacitus

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (55–120), was a Roman historian and politician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. Tacitus held public roles including tribune of the plebs, praetor, and Roman consul.

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“Yet even this way of life is in their estimation happier than groaning over the plough; toiling in the erection of houses; subjecting their own fortunes and those of others to the agitations of alternate hope and fear.”

— Tacitus《The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus》

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The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus is a literary work by Tacitus. Its themes and subject matter include Agricola, Gnaeus Julius, 40-93 and Germanic peoples. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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