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In the late 16th century Tacitus came to be regarded as the repository of the “secrets of the power” (“arcana imperii”, as Tacitus had called them in his Annals, 2.36.1). Tacitus's description of the artifices, stratagems, and utterly lawless reign of power politics at the Roman imperial court fascinated European scholars.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus, [note 1] known simply as Tacitus (/ ˈ t æ s ɪ t ə s / TAS-it-əs, [2] [3] Latin: [ˈtakɪtʊs]; c. AD 56 – c. 120), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.
Cactus City is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 1,667 feet (508 m). [1] Cactus City is located 11 miles (17.7 km) north of Mortmar. [2] Cactus City was founded in 1935, [2] and it contains a rest area along Interstate 10 bearing the same name. [3]
The context of the passage is the six-day Great Fire of Rome that burned much of the city in AD 64 during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero. [2] The passage is one of the earliest non-Christian references to the origins of Christianity [ broken anchor ] , the execution of Christ described in the canonical gospels , and the presence and ...
[1] [2] The Greco-Roman geographer Ptolemy, who produced his Geographia in ca. 150 AD, mentions a people called the Phinnoi (Φιννοι), generally believed to be synonymous with the Fenni. He locates them in two different areas: a northern group in northern Scandia ( Scandinavia ), then believed to be an island; and a southern group ...
The Germania begins with a description of the lands, laws, and customs of the Germanic people (chapters 1–27); it then describes individual peoples, beginning with those dwelling closest to Roman lands and ending on the uttermost shores of the Baltic, among the amber-gathering Aesti, the Fenni, and the unknown peoples beyond them.
Near the high-rise Century building in Century City, the longtime home of the late comedian Don Rickles is on the market for $6.5 million.
Mannus, according to the Roman writer Tacitus, was a figure in the creation myths of the Germanic tribes.Tacitus is the only source of these myths. [1]Engraving of the three sons of Mannus (Carl Larsson, 1893): Ingui plays with a model ship (the Ingaevones lived by the sea); Irmin wears a helmet and sword (the Irminones were famed as warriors); Istaev/Iscio digs in the earth and has a toy ...