THE HISTORIES
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
CLIFFORD H. MOORE
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THE ANNALS
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
JOHN JACKSON
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INTRODUCTION
Life and Works of Tacitus
Our scanty knowledge of the life of Cornelius Tacitus is derived chiefly from his own works and from the letters of his intimate friend, the younger Pliny. The only certain dates are the following: in 78 a.d. he married the daughter of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, whose life he later wrote;1 in 88 he was praetor and a member of the college of the XV viri, but he may have been appointed to this sacred office before this year.2 The consulship he obtained in 97 (or 98),3 and between 113–116 (or 111–112) he governed the province of Asia as proconsul.4 His earlier political career can be determined with somewhat less accuracy from his own words: dignitatem nostram a Vespasiano inchoatam, a Tito auctam, a Domitiano longius provectam non abnuerim.1 According to this we may conjecture that he had been tribunus militum laticlavius, and had held some of the offices of the vigintivirate under Vespasian (69–79); the quaestorship then would have come to him between 79 and 81.
From the above facts we can believe that Tacitus was born not far from 55–56 a.d. This date fits the course of his political career; besides, we know that he was only a few years older than his devoted friend, the younger Pliny, who was born in 61 or 62.2 The place of his birth is unknown, and in fact his praenomen is uncertain; the codex Mediceus I gives it as Publius, but Apollinaris Sidonius, writing in the fifth century, names him Gaius.3 His father may have been a procurator of Belgic Gaul.4 Certainly the historian was descended from well-to-do, if not wealthy, parents, for he enjoyed the best education of his day, had the full political career of the nobility, ...
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About Tacitus: The Histories and The Annals, Volumes I–IV: English TranslationThis volume contains Clifford H. Moore’s English translations of books 1–3 of Tacitus’ The Histories and Clifford H. Moore and John Jackson’s English translations of books 4 and 5 of The Histories and books 1–3 of The Annals, as well as John Jackson’s translations of book 4, the surviving portions of book 5, book 6, fragments of books 11 and 12, books 13–15, and the surviving fragments of book 16 of The Annals. |
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