![]() ![]() His works are related to the period from 14 to 70 CE and are mainly dedicated to Roman legions of the 1st century CE partaking in wars, campaigns and battles of that times. The author tried to be objective, writing without any bias and relying on credible sources. He was the first of his house to become so high official in the state (homo novus).Īs a historian, he probably had an unlimited access to the state archives, thanks to which, his books teem with facts and excellent chronology. In 97 CE, he became a proconsul, and in 112 became a ruler of the province of Asia. In 88 CE, he became a praetor and his career speeded up. In the first years of Domitian rule, he was honored a position of tribune of the people, or, as other sources suggest, became an aedile. In 77 CE, he married a daughter of a consul Agricola, who conquered Britain and became its intendant. Then he became a questor, which allowed him to sit in the Senate. ![]() In 75 CE, he started his public activity as a legal defence. He was learning rhetoric from Quintilianus. Tacitus is called a king of Roman historians. Publius Cornelius Tacitus, also called Tacitus, was born in 55 CE, most likely in Gaul. Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far East. ![]()
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