Though Cornelius was the name of a noble Roman family, there is no proof that he was descended from the Roman aristocracy provincial families often took the name of the governor who had given them Roman citizenship. Tacitus was born perhaps in northern Italy (Cisalpine Gaul) or, more probably, in southern Gaul (Gallia Narbonensis, or present southeastern France). Among his works are the Germania, describing the Germanic tribes, the Historiae ( Histories), concerning the Roman Empire from AD 69 to 96, and the later Annals, dealing with the empire in the period from AD 14 to 68. 120), Roman orator and public official, probably the greatest historian and one of the greatest prose stylists who wrote in the Latin language. Tacitus, in full Publius Cornelius Tacitus, or Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, (born AD 56-died c. Is considered to be one of the greatest Roman historians of all time.
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