Other uses Infobox Writer for more information see Template Infobox Writer doc name Tacitus image Gaius Cornelius Tacitus mirror.jpg thumb imagesize 180px caption pseudonym birthdate ca. AD 56 birthplace ... Silver Age of Latin influences influenced website signature Publius or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus AD 56 ... of his two major works&mdash the Annals Tacitus Annals and the Histories Tacitus Histories &mdash ... focusing on his campaign in Britannia see De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae . Tacitus is considered ... ref Tacitus was born in 56 or 57 to an equestrian Roman equestrian family ref Since he was appointed ...&ndash 185 ref Family and early life Image REmpire 04 Gallia Narbonensis.png thumb 300px right Tacitus ... failed to survive the proscription s which took place at the end of the Roman Republic Republic , and Tacitus ... father may have been the Cornelius Tacitus who was Promagistrate procurator of Belgica and Germania ... an early death. If Cornelius was his father, and since there is no mention of Tacitus suffering such a condition ..., p. 149 Martin, 1981, p. 26 ref The friendship between the Pliny the Younger younger Pliny and Tacitus ... as Gallia Belgica, Gallia Narbonensis, or northern Italy ref Michael Grant in Introduction to Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome , p. xvii Herbert W. Benario in Introduction to Tacitus, Germany ... that he came from Gallia Narbonensis. Tacitus dedication to Fabius Iustus in the Dialogus may indicate ... Italy knew Tacitus, nor do Pliny s letters hint that the two men had a common background. ref ... or provincial, he gave an unclear answer, and so was asked if he was Tacitus or Pliny. Since Pliny was from Italy, some infer that Tacitus was from the provinces, probably Gallia Narbonensis. ref ..., pp. 621&ndash 624 ref Public life, marriage, and literary career As a young man, Tacitus studied rhetoric ... 9 ref although little is known of their home life, save that Tacitus loved hunting and the outdoors ... to 88. See Syme, 1958, p. 65 Martin, 1981, p. 27 Benario in his Introduction to Tacitus, Germany ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 3097 Tacitus is a asteroid belt main belt asteroid , which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Gaius Cornelius Tacitus , the ancient Roman Empire Roman historian . DEFAULTSORT Tacitus beltasteroid stub MinorPlanets Navigator 3096 Bezruc 3098 van Sprang MinorPlanets Footer Category Main Belt asteroids Tacitus Category Tacitus Category Asteroids named for people Category Discoveries by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Category Discoveries by Ingrid van Houten Groeneveld Category Discoveries by Tom Gehrels Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1960 de 3097 Tacitus eo 3097 Tacito fa it 3097 Tacitus hu 3097 Tacitus pl 3097 Tacitus pt 3097 Tacitus sk 3097 Tacitus sr 3097 vi 3097 Tacitus yo 3097 Tacitus ... more details
Tacitus was a Roman historian. Tacitus may also mean Marcus Claudius Tacitus , emperor of Rome 275&ndash 276 3097 Tacitus , an asteroid named after the Roman historian Tacitus crater , a lunar impact crater, also named after the historian Tacitus bellus , one of several varieties of succulent plants Tacitus Command & Conquer , a fictional data matrix from the Command & Conquer series of computer games See also Tacticus disambiguation disambig bg de Tacitus Begriffskl rung el es T cito desambiguaci n eu Tazito fa fr Tacite homonymie fy Tacitus gl T cito it Tacito disambigua hu Tacitus egy rtelm s t lap nl Tacitus pl Tacyt pt T cito desambigua o simple Tacitus disambiguation uk ... more details
Image Gaius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg thumb 220px Tacitus italictitle The Annals lang la Annales by Tacitus ... not given by Tacitus, but derives from the fact that he treated this history in a year by year ... Augustus . Tacitus is generally considered to be Rome s greatest historian. ref name Voorst39 .... B. Eerdmans, 2000. p 39 http www.google.com search?hl en&num 100&lr &ft i&cr &safe images&q Tacitus ... by Pontius Pilate . Tacitus writings shows no sympathy towards Christians, or knowledge of who ... was Tacitus s final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year ... of the year 66 . We do not know whether Tacitus completed the work or whether he finished ... with which he had planned to complete his work as a historian. As in the Histories Tacitus Histories , Tacitus maintains his thesis of the necessity of the principate. He says again that Augustus ... , Tacitus is opposed to those who chose useless martyrdom through vain suicides. Against this generally ... of dramatic events, has a great role in the Annales . Tacitus shows us the tragedy of the people. The aim is not to raise strong emotions. Tacitus uses the tragic components of his history to dive ... Medicean manuscript In the Annales , Tacitus further improved the style of portraiture ... of theatrical suicide among the Stoics and he spoke with friends on light subjects. Tacitus does ... by the martyred Stoics. ref Tacitus, Annals http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text.jsp?doc Perseus ... Although a simplification, it is nevertheless useful to recognize that Tacitus overall style in the Annales ..., and vitalized, Tacitus achieves a great deal of his unique stylistic imprint via rare and otherwise .... The style shifts throughout the work. From the 13th book on, Tacitus uses a more traditional method ... concise, less sharp, and less insinuating. In choosing between synonyms, Tacitus changes from the use ... of these books were not the final revision, but an earlier draft. See also Tacitean studies Tacitus ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Publius or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus image Gaius Cornelius Tacitus mirror.jpg imagesize 170px birth date ca 56 A.D. death date ca ... The Roman historiography Roman historian and senator Tacitus referred to Jesus Christ , his execution by Pontius Pilate and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals Tacitus Annals written ca. 116 AD , wikisource The Annals Tacitus Book 15 44 book 15, chapter 44 . The context .... p 39 53 ref Scholars generally consider Tacitus reference to the execution of Jesus by Pontius Pilate ... The passage and its context The Annals Tacitus Annals passage wikisource The Annals Tacitus Book ... wikisource The Annals Tacitus Book 15 44 reads as follows blockquote Consequently, to get rid of the report ... much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind . blockquote Tacitus then describes ... this the first confrontation between Christians and the authorities in Rome. ref name brent32 Tacitus ... died in the 3rd century. ref name Dando1 But Tacitus did suggest that Nero used the Christians as scapegoats. ref name Barn30 No original copies of the Annals Tacitus Annals exist and the surviving copies of Tacitus works derive from two principal manuscripts, known as the Medicean manuscripts , written ... Tacitus Flor. Laur. 68.2 , p. 96 97. http books.google.com.om books?id dgU9AAAAIAAJ&lpg PP1&hl en&pg ... This has since given rise to debates among scholars as to whether Tacitus deliberately used the term ... was the original wording, and that Tacitus deliberately used Christus immediately after ... 1968 pp. 368 370 Robert Renehan, Christus or Chrestus in Tacitus? , La Parola del Passato 122 ... 29, JSTOR Organization , 2007. p vii ref Robert Van Voorst has stated that it was unlikely for Tacitus ... of the use of either term by Tacitus. ref name Eddy181 The rank of Pilate Pilate s rank while ... to the Ancient Evidence , Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000. p 39 53 ref Tacitus records that Claudius was the ruler ... more details
nofootnotes date June 2011 italictitle Histories lang la Historiae is a book by Tacitus , written c. 100 ... Cornelius Tacitus.jpg thumb 180px Tacitus Subject matter In one of the first chapters of the Agricola book Agricola Tacitus said that he wished to speak about the years of Domitian , of Nerva , and of Trajan . In the Historiae the project has been modified in the introduction, Tacitus says that he ... record of the educated Romans attitude towards that people. Tacitus wrote the Historiae ... expedient of adoption . Galba, described by Tacitus as a feeble old man, had chosen a successor unable ... legions and popular throughout the army. It is probable that Tacitus was a member of the imperial ... put in the mouth of Galba makes clear Tacitus ideological and political position. Galba s pure ... politics, to stop disorder among the legions, and thus to prevent rival claimants to the throne. Tacitus ... Augustus Caesar s rise to power, Tacitus says that after the battle of Actium the unification of the power ... and the dignity of the Senate Seneca the Younger Seneca addresses the same point . Tacitus ... in this style, Tacitus had to summarize much information from his sources. Sometimes he skips ... narration. Tacitus is a master at describing a mass of people. He knows how to portray the mass when it is calm he knows equally how to show the threat of insurrection and panic stricken flight. Tacitus ... throughout of violence, dishonesty, and injustice. Tacitus skillfully shows the characters, alternating ... of Sallust is clear in the rest of Tacitus s style as well. Tacitus improves on the method ... , which makes it dramatic. Tacitus loves ellipsis of verbs and conjunctions. He uses irregular constructs ... is usually alluding or indirect. External links Wikisource inline The Histories Tacitus The Histories ... Hamilton Fyfe http www.archive.org details tacitushistorie00davigoog Tacitus Histories Book 1 ... century books Category Latin histories Category History books about ancient Rome Category Works by Tacitus ... more details
lunar crater data latitude 16.2 N or S S longitude 19.0 E or W E diameter 40 km depth 2.8 km colong 340 eponym Cornelius Tacitus Tacitus is a moon lunar impact crater located to the northwest of the crater Catharina crater Catharina , at the northern extension of the Rupes Altai ridge line. Directly west is the crater Almanon crater Almanon , and to the northeast is Cyrillus crater Cyrillus . To the southeast of Tacitus is a long chain of craters named the Catena Abulfeda. This chain runs to the northwest from the eastern edge of the Rupes Altai, continuing for over 200 kilometers. The crater terminates a ridge which forms part of the Rupes Altai. The outer wall has a small wikt rampart rampart , and the interior surfaces are wiktionary terrace terrace d. The rim outline has a slight polygon al outline. There is a low ridge on the crater floor running from the north wall. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid point that is closest to Tacitus. class wikitable width 25 style background eeeeee Tacitus width 25 style background eeeeee Latitude width 25 style background eeeeee Longitude width 25 style background eeeeee Diameter align center A align center 17.4 S align center 20.5 E align center 11 km align center B align center 14.0 S align center 20.4 E align center 13 km align center C align center 13.6 S align center 19.8 E align center 9 km align center D align center 13.5 S align center 21.0 E align center 15 km align center E align center 13.9 S align center 20.1 E align center 9 km align center F align center 17.1 S align center 17.6 E align center 10 km align center G align center 17.4 S align center 18.2 E align center 6 km align center H align center 17.8 S align center 18.5 E align center 7 km align center J align center 14.9 S align center 19.7 E align center 3 km align center K align center 13.1 S align center 20.1 ... more details
Infobox Roman emperor title Roman emperor 45th Emperor of the Roman Empire name Tacitus full name Marcus Claudius Tacitus from birth to accession br Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus as emperor image EmpereurTacite.jpg caption Bust of the Emperor Tacitus reign September 25 , 275 June 276 predecessor ... Antoniana Colonia Tyana , Cappadocia Roman province Cappadocia place of burial Tacitus lang la Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus ref In Classical Latin , Tacitus name would be inscribed as MARCVS CLAVDIVS ... he received the title Gothicus Maximus . Biography File Tacitus Ant.jpg thumb 200px left Antoninianus of TacitusTacitus was born in Terni Interamna Terni , in Italia Roman province Italia . ref Historia Augusta, Vita Taciti , 15 1 ref He circulated copies of the historian Gaius Cornelius Tacitus ... of Tacitus work however, modern historiography ref McMahon, http www.roman emperors.org tacitus.htm ... respect. ref Canduci, pg. 100 ref After the assassination of Aurelian , Tacitus was chosen by the Roman ... between Aurelian and Tacitus, and there is substantial evidence that Aurelian s wife Ulpia Severina ruled in her own right before Tacitus election. ref name watson cite book last Watson ... publisher accessdate January 6, 2011 ref At any rate Tacitus was situated at Campania when he ... cancelled. ref name Gibbon, Ch. 12 His half brother, the Praetorian Prefect Florianus , and Tacitus ... , Eutropius historian Eutropius and the Historia Augusta , Tacitus died of fever at Tyana in Cappadocia ... Thayer E Roman Texts Historia Augusta Tacitus .html English version of Historia Augusta ..., Robin, Tacitus 275 276 A.D , De Imperatoribus Romanis Jones, A.H.M., Martindale, J.R. The Prosopography ... 978 1741965988 Gibbon. Edward Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire 1888 Cite EB1911 wstitle Tacitus ... Dugan, Poems 2 Yale University Press 1963 pg. 33 External links Commons inline Marcus Claudius Tacitus ... Persondata . NAME Tacitus, Marcus Claudius ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 200 PLACE ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Nicholas Tacitus Zegers c.1495 25 August 1559 was a Flemish Franciscan biblical exegete . Life He was born either at Diest or Brussels during the latter half of the fifteenth century After receiving an education at Leuven , he entered the Franciscan Order, joining the Province of Cologne at the division for that province he was assigned to the Low German Province. Coming under the influence of Francis Titelmans , professor of exegesis in the convent of Leuven, he devoted himself to the study of Scriptures. He succeeded Titelmann in the chair of exegesis in 1536, which he held to 1548. After a period elsewhere, he returned to Leuven in 1558. ref Kenneth Hagen, Hebrews Commenting from Erasmus to B ze, 1516 1598 1981 , p. 77. ref He died at Leuven, 25 August 1559. Works In 1548 he gave up his chair to devote himself to writing. His foundation in Greek and Hebrew enabled him to exercise critical judgment on the explanation of passages of Holy Writ, a quality at that time quite rare. He opposed the reading of Erasmus on the Law of Christ from the Greek Testament . ref William Harry Rader, The Church and Racial Hostility a history of interpretation of Ephesians 2, 11 22 1978 , p. 66 note 7 http books.google.co.uk books?id 39eDeLjgho8C&pg PA66&lpg PA66&dq Zegerus Erasmus&source bl&ots 1ZCvGpCHKB&sig ZzliPHq x gqBcdcJ W5PyS1 g&hl en&ei uWuFTv3rK4qo8APEtNBB&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CCUQ6AEwAg v onepage&q Zegerus 20Erasmus&f false Google Books . ref His commentary is mostly antiquarian. ref http publishing.cdlib.org ucpressebooks view?docId ... Leuven, 1559 and a catechism in Flemish. References CathEncy wstitle Nicholas Tacitus Zegers http ... http thesaurus.cerl.org record cnp01116503 CERL page Attribution catholic wstitle Nicholas Tacitus Zegers Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Zegers, Nicholas Tacitus ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... DEFAULTSORT Zegers, Nicholas Tacitus Category 1495 births Category 1559 deaths Category Flemish ... more details
Fabius Rusticus was a Roman historian who was quoted on several occasions by Tacitus . Tacitus couples his name with that of Livy and describes him as the most graphic among ancient and modern historians. Tacitus also said that he embellished matters with his eloquence. ref Tacitus, Life of Cnaeus Julius Agricola 10 ref Fabius Rusticus is described by Tacitus as a close friend of Seneca the Younger Seneca who was inclined to praise him in his work. ref name Tacitus, Annals 13.20 Tacitus, Annals 13.20 ref Fabius Rusticus was a contemporary of Claudius and Nero , but little is known of the extent of his work except that it related to events during the reign of Nero . Fabius Rusticus was one the primary sources for Tacitus Annals and probably for other later historians like Suetonius and Josephus as well. Tacitus cites Fabius Rusticus when describing some of the most controversial aspects of Nero s life including Nero s alleged desire to kill his mother ref name Tacitus, Annals 13.20 , Nero s alleged lust for his mother ref Tacitus, Annals 14.2 ref and Seneca s suicide. ref Tacitus, Annals 15.61 ref Notes references Category Latin historians Category 1st century historians de Fabius Rusticus es Fabio R stico hu Fabius Rusticus sk Fabius Rusticus fi Fabius Rusticus tr Fabius Rusticus ... more details
Publius Vitellius was a 1st century Roman commander under Germanicus , with whom he was friends. He was the son of the Eques ancient Rome eques Publius Vitellius the Elder and belonged to the Vitellius gens gens Vitellia the future emperor Vitellius was Publius the Younger s nephew ref Suetonius , s The Lives of the Twelve Caesars Vitellius 2. ref In 15 he accompanied Germanicus on his second campaign in Germania . During the retreat Germanicus handed over command of the Legio II Augusta II Augusta and Legio XIV Gemina XIV Gemina legions to Vitellius. The journey back was disastrous, however, with many of the units troops drowned in a flood. ref Publius Cornelius Tacitus Tacitus , Annals Tacitus Annales s The Annals Tacitus Book 1 70 I, 70 ref One year later, while Germanicus was preparing for his third and largest campaign in Germania, he sent Vitellius and Gaius Antius to Roman Gaul Gaul to collect taxes. ref Tacitus, Annales , s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 6 II, 6 ref On Germanicus s suspicious death in 19 Vitellius was among the proescutors of Gnaius Calpurnius Piso , finally convicted of Germanicus s murder, and Tacitus praises Vitellius s eloquence in the trial. ref Tacitus, Annales s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 13 III, 13 ref Vitellius was later among the supporters of Sejanus and upon Sejanus s execution on charges of high treason in 31 Vitellius was also indicted for complicity, having been praefectus of the treasury under him. Vitellius and his brother were put under house arrest. Publius then opened his veins with a penknife but, though Tacitus writes that Publius then died, Suetonius believes that he survived the suicide attempt due to his family s pleas only to die shortly afterwards from an illness. ref Tacitus, Annales s The Annals Tacitus Book 5 8 V, 8 Suetonius, Vitellius 2. ref Vitellius married Acutia. She was later convicted of L se majest maiestatis . ref Tacitus, Annales s The Annals Tacitus Book 6 47 VI, 47 ref Note reflist Persondata Metadata se ... more details
Lucius Lusius Geta was a Ancient Rome Roman politician in the 1st century AD. Lusius Geta belonged to the equestrian order . He was Emperor Claudius praetorian prefect in AD 48 , during the crisis of Valeria Messalina Messalina s conspiracy against Claudius. ref Tacitus , Annals Tacitus Annals http classics.mit.edu Tacitus annals.7.xi.html 568 XI 31.1 ref According to Tacitus , Claudius advisors lacked confidence in Lusius Geta, thinking him too easily influenced ref Tacitus , Annals Tacitus Annals http classics.mit.edu Tacitus annals.7.xi.html 600 XI 33.1 ref therefore, Claudius chief advisor Tiberius Claudius Narcissus Narcissus temporarily relieved Lusius Geta of command after then Empress Valeria Messalina entered into a bigamous marriage with Gaius Silius in an apparent conspiracy to overthrow her husband as Emperor. See Valeria Messalina Downfall, death and aftermath . However, Lusius Geta maintained the confidence of Claudius himself and remained in office as praetor until AD 51, although he shared his position with Rufrius Crispinus . In AD 51 Claudius fourth wife Agrippina the Younger Agrippina , fearing that Geta and Crispinus favored Messalina s son and imperial heir Britannicus more than her own son Nero , had the pair replaced by Sextus Afranius Burrus . ref Tacitus , Annals Tacitus Annals http classics.mit.edu Tacitus annals.8.xii.html 660 XII 42.1 Cassius Dio http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Cassius Dio 61 .html LXI 32.6 ref In 54, Claudius appointed Geta Egypt Roman province governor of Egypt prefect praefectus Alexandria Alexandreae et Aegypti . He held this post from March 29 to November 17 of that year, when Nero who had succeeded Claudius on October 13 recalled him to Rome. References references Category 1st century Romans Category Praetorian prefects bg ca Lusi Geta nl Lucius Lusius Geta ... more details
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Aeneas Tacticus , 4th century BC Greek military writer Aelianus Tacticus , 2nd century AD Greek military writer General Tacticus , a fictional character in the Discworld series See also Tacitus disambiguation disambig ... more details
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Sextia was the second wife of the rhetorian Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus . She was a member the gens Sextius. See also Sextia gens References Tacitus , Annals Tacitus Annals I VI Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sextia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Ancient Roman women Category 1st century BC Romans Category Sextii Ancient Rome bio stub bg nl Sextia ... more details
Other places Temple of Augustus The Temple of Divus Augustus was a Roman temple temple commemorating the deified first Roman emperor , Augustus . It was constructed in Nola in Campania , where Augustus had died in AD 14 . The temple was erected on the place where Augustus died and was dedicated by his successor Tiberius in 26 . ref Cassius Dio 56.46.3 Tacitus Annals Tacitus Annales , 4.57 ref References reflist coord missing Category 1st century architecture Category Ancient Roman temples Divus Augustus Nola AncientRome stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In Ancient Roman religious practice, Dialia were sacred rite s to Jupiter mythology Jupiter , performed by the Flamen Dialis . It was not, however, of such necessity that the Dialia were to be performed by the Flamen Dialis others might also have officiated. We find in the Annals Tacitus Annals of Tacitus , that if he were sick, or detained by any other public employ, the pontifices took his place. ref Annals Tacitus Annals of Tacitus , III.58 Latin saepe pontifices Dialia sacra fecisse si flamen valetudine aut munere publico impediretur. English Pontiffs had often performed the rites to Jupiter when his priest was hindered by illness or by public duty. Church, Alfred John et al. http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.02.0078&layout &loc 3.58 Complete Works of Tacitus . New York Random House. Reprinted 1942. ref ref 1728 ref References references Ancient Rome myth stub Category Ancient Roman religion ... more details
Orphan date November 2006 Julius Briganticus d. AD 69 was a Batavians Batavian who commanded auxiliaries Roman military auxiliary cavalry in the Roman Army . He was the son of the sister of Gaius Julius Civilis , the leader of the Batavian rebellion , who apparently hated his nephew. The nomen Julius indicates he was a Roman citizenship Roman citizen . The cognomen Briganticus perhaps suggests he, or his father, gained distinction fighting against the Brigantes of northern Roman Britain Britain . In 69, during the civil wars of the year of four emperors , Briganticus initially fought for Otho but surrendered to Vitellius s forces after the battle of Piacenza Placentia . ref Tacitus , Histories Tacitus Histories Wikisource The Histories Tacitus Book 2 22 2.22 ref He later commanded a picked squad of cavalry that had been formed by Vitellius but went over to Vespasian . ref Tacitus, Histories Wikisource The Histories Tacitus Book 4 70 4.70 ref He died fighting for the Romans under Quintus Petillius Cerialis against his uncle during the Batavian revolt. ref Tacitus, Histories Wikisource The Histories Tacitus Book 5 21 5.21 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Briganticus Category Ancient Romans in Britain Category Year of Four Emperors Category Ancient Germanic peoples Category Military personnel killed in action Category 69 deaths Category 1st century people Category Year of birth unknown Category Place of birth unknown ca Julius Briganticus it Giulio Brigantico ... more details
The Dulgubnii are Germanic peoples Germanic tribe mentioned in Tacitus Germania Chapter wikisource Germania XXXIV 34 as being on the east side of the Frisian people Frisians . They are probably the same as Ptolemy s Doulgoumnioi of the same region Book 2, Chapter 10 , as Ptolemy corrupts the names of the other tribes, but identifiably so. Not much else is known about them. See also Portal Ancient Germanic culture List of Germanic peoples Germanic peoples Sources Tacitus, Germania , wikisource Germania XXXIV XXXIV . Category Ancient peoples Category Ancient Germanic peoples Category Germanic peoples Category Ethnic groups in Europe Category History of the Germanic peoples Category Iron Age Europe Category Tacitus Ethno stub ca Dulgibins de Dulgubnier hu Dulgubnusok nl Dulgubnii nds Dulgubniers ... more details
Curtius Rufus was a Ancient Rome Roman politician mentioned by Tacitus for actions during the reigns of the emperors Tiberius and Claudius . In all probability he is to be equated with the first century Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus ref Barbara M. Levick, http biography.jrank.org pages 5019 Curtius Rufus.html ref . Early life Tacitus is cryptic in his discussion of the birth of Curtius Rufus, while revealing that some believed him to be son of a gladiator. It is worth repeating in full his words Of the birth of Curtius Rufus, whom some affirm to have been the son of a gladiator, I would not publish a falsehood, while I shrink from telling the truth. ref Tacitus, Annals 11.21 ref On reaching adulthood Rufus attached himself to a quaestor allotted to the Roman province of Africa ref Tacitus, Annals 11.21 ref where it is reported he witnessed an apparition that predicted he would one day return to the province as Proconsul ref Tacitus, Annals 11.21 ref ref Pliny, Epistles 7.27 ref . Accordingly Rufus returned to Rome with high hopes for his future, subsequently attaining the offices of quaestor and then praetor during the reign of Tiberius. During his election as Praetor, Tiberius had cast a veil over his origins by saying, Curtius Rufus seems to me to be his own ancestor ref Tacitus, Annals 11.21 ref . Military career Rufus was awarded a Roman triumph triumph by Claudius in 47 for opening up silver mines in the territory of the Mattiaci . This triumph, seemingly earned without ... triumphs immediately command of an army was conferred ref Tacitus, Annals 11.20 ref . Later life Tacitus ... died, in accordance with the earlier prediction ref Tacitus, Annals 11.21 ref . See also The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus . Notes Reflist References Tacitus Annals Pliny Epistles External ... text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.02.0078 3Abook 3D11 3Achapter 3D20 Tacitus Annals 11.20 http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.02.0078 3Abook 3D11 3Achapter 3D21 Tacitus Annals ... more details
Seealso Brennus Brinno was leader of the Canninefates when they joined in the Batavian rebellion at the mouth of the Rhine in AD69. According to Tacitus he was ...a man of a certain stolid bravery and of distinguished birth. His father, after venturing on many acts of hostility, had scorned with impunity the ridiculous expedition of Caligula . His very name, the name of a family of rebels, made him popular. Raised aloft on a shield after the national fashion, and balanced on the shoulders of the bearers, he was chosen general . ref Tacitus , http classics.mit.edu Tacitus histories.4.iv.html Histories, IV ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brinno ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brinno Category Gallic rulers Category 1st century monarchs in Europe Ancient Rome bio stub ca Brinno es Brinno nl Brinno ... more details
In Germanic paganism , Baduhenna is a goddess. Baduhenna is solely attested by Tacitus Annals Tacitus Annals where Tacitus records that a Sacred grove grove in Frisia was dedicated to her, and that near this grove 900 Roman prisoners were killed in 28 Common Era CE . The first part of the goddess name, Badu , may be cognate to Proto Germanic badwa meaning battle. The second portion of the name henna may be related to henae , which appears commonly in the names of matrons . Rudolf Simek states that, due to this etymology, Baduhenna appears to be a goddess of war, and points out that sacred groves are commonly associated with the Germanic peoples . ref name SIMEK26 Simek 2007 26 . ref Notes Reflist References refbegin Simek, Rudolf 2007 translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology . Boydell & Brewer D.S. Brewer . ISBN 0 85991 513 1 refend Category Germanic deities fy Baduhenna nl Baduhenna simple Baduhenna ... more details
In Ancient Rome Roman historian Tacitus s first century CE book Germania book Germania , Tacitus describes the veneration of what he deems as an Isis of the Suebi . Due to Tacitus s usage of interpretatio romana elsewhere in the text, his admitted uncertainty, and his reasoning for referring to the veneration of an Egyptian pantheon Egyptian goddess by the Suebi a group of Germanic peoples scholars have generally held that Tacitus s identification is incorrect, and have debated what goddess Tacitus refers to. Attestation In chapter 9 of Germania , Tacitus, employing interpretatio romana a process in which what an author deems Roman equivalents are listed in place of non Roman deity names , says that the Suebi principally venerate Mercury mythology Mercury , and that they regard it as sacral to offer him both human and non human sacrifices on specific dates unprovided . The Suebi also worship Mars and Hercules , who they appease by offering animals in a traditional manner. Tacitus adds that a part of the Suebi, however, venerate Isis , although he admits that he doesn t know how worship of Isis could have been imported blockquote small Latin small Pars Sueborum et Isidi sacrificat unde causa et origo peregrino sacro, parum comperi, nisi quod signum ipsum in modum liburnae figuratum docet advectam religionem. ref name STUART5 Stuart 1916 5 . ref small Birley translation small Part of the Suebi sacrifice to Isis as well. I have little idea what the origin or explanation of this foreign ... While Tacitus s Mercury , Mars , and Hercules are generally held to refer to Odin ... of Germania , scholar J. B. Rives comments that while, in Tacitus s time, the cult of Isis was widespread and is well attested in provinces on the border of Germania , Tacitus s identification is problematic ... comments that most scholars believe that Tacitus has misidentified a native Germanic ritual that bore ... 1916 . Tacitus Germania . Macmillan Publishers The Macmillan Company . refend Category Germanic ... more details
ref Tacitus, Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 35 III.35 ref . During his time as governor ... for which he earned Roman triumph triumphal honors ref Tacitus, Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 72 III.72 , s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 73 III.73 ref . Blaesus career came to an end in 31, when ... execution, he chose to commit suicide ref Tacitus, Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 5 7 V.7 ref . Marriage ... to the Blaesi during their family s ascendance ref Tacitus, Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book ..., Junius Blaesus, who was murdered in 69 by the then Emperor , Vitellius ref Tacitus, Histories II.38.3 ... University Press, 1989 . ISBN 0 19 814731 7, ISBN 978 0 19 814731 2 Tacitus, Annals Tacitus, Histories Cassius Dio, Roman History External links s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 Tacitus, Annals Book 3, chapters ... more details
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