Author

Books by Tacitus

Publius Cornelius Tacitus was born around 56 CE and rose to become one of the most prominent senators and orators of his era, serving as consul in 97 CE and as governor of Asia around 112 CE. He wrote under Trajan's reign, looking back at the Julio-Claudian emperors from the position of a man who had survived Domitian's terror and could now write with relative freedom. His other major works include the Histories, covering 69 to 96 CE, the Germania, an ethnographic account of the Germanic tribes, and the Agricola, a biography of his father-in-law. He died sometime after 117 CE.