Tacitus

American  

[tas-i-tuhs] / ˈtæs ɪ təs /

noun

1. Publius Cornelius a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.

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Tacitus British  

/ ˈtæsɪtəs /

noun

1. Publius Cornelius (ˈpʌblɪəs kɔːˈniːljəs). ?55–?120 _ad , Roman historian and orator, famous as a prose stylist. His works include the Histories, dealing with the period 68–96, and the Annals, dealing with the period 14–68

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Example Sentences

For Roman-era writers such as Tacitus, the region was beyond the edge of the civilized world, known only through unreliable second-hand reports.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2024

Classical Roman author Tacitus wrote his ethnographic work “Germania,” about the Germanic peoples living on the fringes of the Roman Empire in Northern Europe, around 98 A.D.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

“Dispecta est et Thule” — roughly meaning “Even Thule was seen” — wrote the historian Tacitus in the “Agricola,” his A.D.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

It’s worth learning Latin just to read Tacitus.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

Samuel Adams’s master’s thesis was “delivered in flawless Latin,” Alexander Hamilton copied Demosthenes into his commonplace book, and Thomas Jefferson modeled his oratory on the prose of Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith