Tacitus
Roman senator and historian, whose Annals supply the observation that laws multiply as a state becomes corrupt.
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Author identity and approximate lifespan, with BnF explicitly marking dates uncertain.
- BnF — Tacitus catalogue results
Author identity and approximate lifespan, with BnF explicitly marking dates uncertain.
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus, senator and historian of the early empire. Birth and death years are not securely attested and are left null rather than estimated; he is usually placed around 56 to 120.
Author of the Annals.
In the essays
- For the Love of Law
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Sources
- Annals
Works
Record history
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