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-'''Publius''' (or '''Gaius''') '''Cornelius Tacitus''' (ca. [[56]] – ca. [[117]]) was a [[senate|senator]] and a [[historian]] of the [[Roman Empire]]. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' and the ''[[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]''—examine the reigns of the [[Roman Emperor]]s [[Tiberius]], [[Claudius]], [[Nero]] and those that reigned in the [[Year of the Four Emperors]]. These two works span the history of the [[Roman Empire]] from the death of [[Augustus]] in [[14 AD]] to (presumably) the death of emperor [[Domitian]] in [[96 AD]]. There are significant [[Lacuna (manuscripts)|lacunae]] in the surviving texts. +The '''''Annals''''', or, in [[Latin (language)|Latin]], '''''Annales''''', is a history book by [[Tacitus]] covering the reign of the four [[Roman Emperor]]s succeeding to [[Caesar Augustus]]. The parts of the work that survived from antiquity cover (most of) the reigns of [[Tiberius]] and [[Nero]].
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-Other works by Tacitus discuss [[oratory]] (in [[dialogue]] format, see ''[[Dialogus de oratoribus]]''), [[Germania]] (in ''[[De origine et situ Germanorum]]''), and biographical notes about his father-in-law [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola|Agricola]], primarily during his campaign in [[Britannia]] (see ''[[De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae]]'').+
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-Tacitus' [[historiography|historiographical]] style in his major works is [[Annalists|annalistic]]. An [[author]] writing in the latter part of the [[Silver Age of Latin literature]], his work is distinguished by a boldness and sharpness of wit, and a compact and sometimes unconventional use of [[Latin language|Latin]].+
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The Annals, or, in Latin, Annales, is a history book by Tacitus covering the reign of the four Roman Emperors succeeding to Caesar Augustus. The parts of the work that survived from antiquity cover (most of) the reigns of Tiberius and Nero.




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