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Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus, was a Roman historian and politician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.
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politics · Roman historian and senator (56–120) · historian · politician · military personnel · poet · biographer · annalist · jurist · writer · also Tacitus, C. Cornelius Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Tacitus Caecina Paetus, Cornelius Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, P. Cornelius Tacitus
Born 0056 · Died 0120 · Q2161
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“I regard it as the foremost task of the historian to ensure that virtues are not left unrecorded, and that evil words and deeds are made subject to the fears inspired by posterity”
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Tacitus - Roman Historian, Sources
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Born 0056.
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Died 0120.
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“Avaritia et arrogantia praecipua validiorum vitia. (łac.)”
“Adulationi foedum crimen servitutis, malignitati falsa species libertatis inest. (łac.)”
“Opis: o cesarzu Serwiniuszu Galbie.”
“Breves et infausti populi Romani amores. (łac.)”
“Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges. (łac.)”
“Deorum iniurae dis curae. (łac.)”
“Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris.”
“Conscienta facti satis est. (łac.)”
“Brevibus momentis summa verti. (łac.)”
“Contempia fama contemi virtutes. (łac.)”
“Cupido dominandi (cunctis affectibus flagrantior est). (łac.)”
“Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris. (łac.)”
“Przyjemna to rzecz umrzeć z własnej ręki.”
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