The Loeb Classical Library: Histories : Books 4–5. Annals: Books 1–3

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The Loeb Classical Library: Histories : Books 4–5. Annals: Books 1–3Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in AD 55, 56 or 57 and lived to about 120. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the Flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. After four years absence he experienced the terrors of Emperor Domitians last years and turned to historical writing. He was a consul in 97. Close friend of the younger Pliny,

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and explains scholarly jargon Written clearly

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