Cornelius Tacitus image Gaius Cornelius Tacitus mirror.jpg imagesize 170px birth date ca 56 A.D. death ... speaking oratory signature Publius or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus AD 56 &ndash AD 117 was a Roman Senate ... the Annals Tacitus Annals and the Histories Tacitus Histories &mdash examine the reigns of the Roman ... on his campaign in Britannia see De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae . Tacitus is considered to be one ..., first brought to light in Bulletin de correspondance hell nique , 1890, pp. 621&ndash 623 ref Tacitus ... ref Family and early life File REmpire 04 Gallia Narbonensis.png thumb 300px right Tacitus was probably ... the proscription s which took place at the end of the Roman Republic Republic , and Tacitus ... have been the Cornelius Tacitus who was Promagistrate procurator of Belgica and Germania Pliny the Elder .... If Cornelius was his father, and since there is no mention of Tacitus suffering such a condition ..., 1981, p. 26 ref The friendship between the Pliny the Younger younger Pliny and Tacitus leads some ... 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 , p. 1 ... came from Gallia Narbonensis. Tacitus dedication to Fabius Iustus in the Dialogus may indicate a connection ... knew Tacitus, nor do Pliny s letters hint that the two men had a common background. ref Syme, 1958 ..., 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 Syme, 1958 ...&ndash 624 ref Public life, marriage, and literary career As a young man, Tacitus studied rhetoric in Rome ... little is known of their home life, save that Tacitus loved hunting and the outdoors. ref Pliny ... Syme, 1958, p. 65 Martin, 1981, p. 27 Benario in his Introduction to Tacitus, Germany , p. 1. ref ... Tacitus silent . He served in the provinces from ca. 89 to ca. 93 either in command of a Roman ... more details
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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 The Tacitus, a fictional extraterrestrial data matrix from the Command & Conquer Tiberian series Command & Conquer Tiberian series of computer games See also Tacticus disambiguation disambig be , 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
Tacitus Book 15 44 Book 15, chapter 44 Italic title The Annals lang la Annales by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to Nero , the years AD ... of the Roman Empire during the first century. ref name Martin104 The Annals is Tacitus final work ... Mellor historian Ronald Mellor considers it Tacitus s crowning achievement which represents the pinnacle of Roman historical writing . ref name Mellor23 Together Tacitus Histories and Annals amounted ... about half have survived. ref name Yardley Modern scholars believe that as a Roman senator , Tacitus .... ref name Woodmanx Although Tacitus refers to part of his work as my annals , the title of the work Annals as known today was not assigned by Tacitus himself, and derives from the fact that it has a year ... , by Karl von Piloty , 1861. The Annals was Tacitus s final work, covering the period from the death ... it Tacitus s crowning achievement which represents the pinnacle of Roman historical writing . ref name Mellor23 Tacitus Annals by Ronald Mellor 2010 ISBN 0195151925 Oxford page 23 ref At the beginning of the year AD 69, six months after the death of Nero , Tacitus started working on his Histories Tacitus Histories . ref name Martin104 By the time Histories had completed it covered Roman history ... 68. ref name Martin104 It is not known when Tacitus began writing the Annals, but he was well into writing ... Tacitus and J. C. Yardley ISBN 019282421X Oxford pages ii to xxvii ref Modern scholars believe that as a senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus , the Roman senate s records, thus providing ... Tacitus friend Pliny referred to your histories when writing to him about his earlier work. ref name Yardley Although Tacitus refers to part of his work as my annals , the title of the work Annals as known today was not assigned by Tacitus himself, and derives from the fact that it has a year by year ... with his ascension to the throne in AD 54 to the middle of the year AD 66. ref name Martin104 Tacitus ... more details
edition of the works of Tacitus, kept in Empoli , Italy . Histories lang la Historiae is a book by Tacitus ... of Domitian . ref name Martin104 Tacitus and the Writing of History by Ronald H. Martin 1981 ISBN 0520044274 pages 104 105 ref At the beginning of the year AD 69, six months after the death of Nero , Tacitus ... Tacitus Annals amounted to 30 books. ref name Yardley These thirty books are referred to by Saint Jerome ... . ref name Yardley Tacitus friend Pliny referred to your histories when writing to him about ... Tacitus and J. C. Yardley ISBN 019282421X Oxford pages ii to xxvii ref By the time Histories had ... 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 ... Jew s and is an invaluable record of the educated Romans attitude towards that people. Tacitus ... expedient of adoption . Galba, described by Tacitus as a feeble old man, had chosen ... Rhine legions and popular throughout the army. It is probable that Tacitus was a member ... , a speech put in the mouth of Galba makes clear Tacitus ideological and political position .... Tacitus was sure that only the principate principatus the prince , that is, the monarchy .... Discussing Augustus Caesar s rise to power, Tacitus says that after the battle of Actium the unification ... point . Tacitus, without any illusions, considered the rule of the Five Good Emperors adoptive Emperors .... To write effectively in this style, Tacitus had to summarize much information from his sources ... a dramatic narration. Tacitus is a master at describing a mass of people. He knows how to portray ... flight. Tacitus writes from the point of view of an aristocrat. He shows fear, mixed with disdain ... work it speaks throughout of violence, dishonesty, and injustice. Tacitus skillfully shows the characters ... sharp. The influence of Sallust is clear in the rest of Tacitus s style as well. Tacitus improves ... more details
Jesus right The Roman historiography Roman historian and Roman senate senator Tacitus referred to Jesus ... in Rome in his final work, Annals Tacitus Annals written ca. 116 AD , wikisource The Annals Tacitus ... , Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000. p 39 53 ref Scholars generally consider Tacitus s reference to the execution ... historian Ronald Mellor has stated that the Annals is Tacitus s crowning achievement which represents the pinnacle of Roman historical writing . ref name Mellor23 Tacitus Annals by Ronald Mellor 2010 ... Medicean manuscript of Annals , wikisource The Annals Tacitus Book 15 44 Book 15, chapter 44 , the page with the reference to Christians The Annals Tacitus Annals passage wikisource The Annals Tacitus Book 15 44 15.44 , which has been subjected to much scholarly analysis, follows a description ... part of the passage wikisource The Annals Tacitus Book 15 44 reads as follows blockquote Consequently ... Tacitus then describes the torture of Christians. The exact cause of the fire remains uncertain ... name brent32 Tacitus never accused Nero of playing the lyre while Rome burned that statement came from Cassius Dio who 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 .... The Date of the Medicean Tacitus Flor. Laur. 68.2 , p. 96 97. http books.google.com.om books?id dgU9AAAAIAAJ ... as to whether Tacitus deliberately used the term Chr e stians, or if a scribe made an error during ... name VVoorst35 Adolf von Harnack argued that Chrestians was the original wording, and that Tacitus ... in Tacitus? , La Parola del Passato 122 1968 , pp. 368 370 ref ref Transactions and proceedings ... Van Voorst has stated that it was unlikely for Tacitus himself to refer to Christians as Chrestianos ... of the passage or its meaning regardless of the use of either term by Tacitus. ref name ... 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 heard ... cancelled. ref name Gibbon, Ch. 12 His half brother, the Praetorian Prefect Florianus , and Tacitus ... 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 ru sk Fabius Rusticus fi Fabius Rusticus tr Fabius Rusticus ... more details
Aulus Caecina Was the Roman general in charge of the Roman army of Germania Inferior during the mutiny of 14 AD ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 1 31 1.31 ref and the subsequent Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Germanicus campaign against the Germans Roman retaliation campaign from 14&ndash 16 AD against a Germanic alliance in the aftermath of the disaster at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest . The first and twentieth legions were under his command. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 1 37 1.37 ref In 15 AD Caecina was awarded triumphal honours for his military achievements against the Germans that year. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 1 72 1.72 ref References references Category 1st century BC births Category 1st century deaths Category 1st century BC Romans Category 1st century Romans Category Ancient Roman generals ancientRome bio stub ... more details
Munatia Plancina was a rich woman and very self confident because of her noble descent. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 43 2.43 ref She was probably the second wife of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso. They had two sons, Gnaeus and Marcus Calpurnius Piso. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 16 3.16 ref Munatia Plancina was also a close friend of Livia Drusilla Livia , the wife ... said insulting words against Germanicus and his wife. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 55 2.55 ref The Roman historian Tacitus states that Livia secretly ordered Munatia Plancina to take this action against Germanicus and Agrippina, ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 43 2.43 ref ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 82 2.82 ref but Tacitus account ... with a Syrian preparer of poison called Martina. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus ... wife of having him poisoned. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 71 2.71 ref ref Cassius ... of pleasure. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 75 2.75 ref ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 13 3.13 ref Then she supported her husband Piso to take again possession of Syria by military actions. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 2 80 2.80 ref In autumn of 20 AD Munatia Plancina and her husband returned to Rome . ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 9 3.9 ref The couple had to answer to the senate for their supposed murder of Germanicus ... dissociated herself from her husband Piso who committed suicide. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 15 3.15 compare s The Annals Tacitus Book 3 17 3.17 ref A recently discovered senate ... Tiberius renewed the charge. She committed suicide before the judgement. ref Tacitus, The Annals s The Annals Tacitus Book 6 26 6.26 ref ref Cassius Dio, Roman History 58.22 ref The fact that the family ... more details
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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
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
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
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
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
The gens Canutia or Cannutia was a plebs plebeian family at Ancient Rome Rome . The gens appears toward the end of the Roman Republic Republic , and is best known from two individuals, the orator Publius Canutius , and Tiberius Canutius , tribune tribune of the plebs in 44 B.C., the year of Julius Caesar Caesar s assassination. A Gaius Canutius mentioned by Suetonius is probably the same person as Tiberius the reference to Canutius in Tacitus Tacitus Dialogus de oratoribus Dialogus de Oratoribus may refer to either Publius or Tiberius, or perhaps to a different person altogether. ref Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , William Smith lexicographer William Smith , Editor. ref ref Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus , De Claris Rhetoribus , 4. ref ref Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus , Dialogus de oratoribus Dialogus de Oratoribus , 21. ref See also List of Roman gentes Footnotes reflist SmithDGRBM Ancient Rome bio stub Category Roman gentes Category Ancient Roman families Category Prosopography of Ancient Rome bg ... more details
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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 bg 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
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
Orphan date November 2006 Julius Briganticus died 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 Julius 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
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