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Chapter 1.10 follows Tacitus (Histories 1.1), and Bruni, on the chilling effects of monarchy. Chapter 1.29 quotes the Histories on the burden of gratitude and the pleasure of revenge. Chapter 3.6 quotes Tacitus: "men have to honor things past but obey the present, and ought to desire good Princes, but tolerate the ones they have".
Tacitus suggested that Nero used the Christians as scapegoats. [17] As with almost all ancient Greek and Latin literature, [18] no original manuscripts of the Annals exist. The surviving copies of Tacitus' major works derive from two principal manuscripts, known as the Medicean manuscripts, which are held in the Laurentian Library in Florence ...
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.
First page of books XI–XVI of Tacitus' Annals (Venice: Vindelinus de Spira, ca. 1471/72) The Annals (Latin: Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus [1] is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. [2]
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus [b] (/ t aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə s / ty-BEER-ee-əs; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded his stepfather Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC to Roman politician Tiberius Claudius Nero and his wife, Livia Drusilla. In 38 BC ...
It was coined by Roman historian Tacitus in the introduction to his Annals 1.1., [1] which can be translated [2] as follows: The histories of Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius, and Nero, while they were in power, were falsified through terror, and after their death were written under the irritation of a recent hatred.
Galba. Capax imperii nisi imperasset is a Latin phrase written by Tacitus in Chapter 1.49 of his Histories.. Upon the death of Galba, Tacitus discusses Galba's life and character and ends Chapter 49 with this sentence: Maior privato visus dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset ("He seemed too great to be a citizen so long as he was a citizen and all would have ...
Deorum injuriae diis curae [a] (English: "Injuries to the gods are the concern of the gods", or "let wrongs done to the gods be avenged by the gods") is a Latin maxim.It is often invoked in relation to questions of blasphemy, libel and free speech, positing that any insult to the divine should be left to divine vengeance rather than state punishment.