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Tacitus Amy Squire

Life 55-117 CE Married to Julia Agricola in 77 or 78 Quaestor 81 or 82 Praetor in 88 Shift from public life to research Consul in 97

Voluntary Exile During reign of Domitian Greatly affected bent of works

Works Germania Agricola Dialogue on Oratory Histories Annales

Agricola Biography of father-in-law War in and ethnography of Britain Comparison of British and Roman values

Histories History of Flavian emperors 12 books, 1-4 and part of 5 survive Year of the Four Emperors, 69 CE Ethnography of Jews

Annales Annalistic history Julio-Claudians from death of Augustus to death of Nero (14-68 CE) 1.1: "Hence my purpose is to relate...without anger or zeal, from any motives to which I am far removed." 18 books, 12 survive 1-6, reign of Tiberius 11-16, Claudius's last years and Nero through 66 CE

Style Moral and political evaluation Use of dramatic devices Narrative speed reflective of events Mirroring of poetry

Discussion Question What affect does Tacitus's moralizing style have on the efficacy of his work? Do you think it heightens the overall value of his works or diminishes his biographical and/or historical validity?

Works Referenced Gagarin, Michael, editor. "Tacitus." Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2010. 419-23. Print. Mellor, Ronald. The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings. 3rd ed., Routledge, 2013 Syme, Ronald. Tacitus. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1958. Print. "Tacitus." New World Encyclopedia. 11 Nov 2015. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tacitus