For a man who delved into the lives of others, not all that much is known about the life of Cornelius Tacitus, historian of Rome under the empire. He was born in 56 or 57 a.d. and is thought to have ...

A passage from a letter of Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) to the historian Tacitus (Publius Cornelius Tacitus): “Librum tuum legi et, quam diligentissime potui, adnotavi quae ...

As a Roman historian, I'm struck by how often people ask why the Roman empire ended, since a far more interesting question is surely how it managed to survive for such a long time while extended over ...

Roman historian Tacitus remains strikingly relevant centuries later, with his sharp observations on power, empire, and human ...

I’ve been tracking down methods for covering the big, big news story, and stumbled upon the footprints of ancient masters of the craft. In a collection ntitled Eyewitness to History, I found dramatic ...

Unhinged leaders, dynastic intrigue, devastation and plunder: For 15 years I have been researching and teaching the ancient historian Tacitus’ works on the history of the Roman Empire. It has rarely ...

The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his crucifixion and the early persecution of Christians. The Annals by Tacitus, ...

“They make a desert and call it peace.” When the great Roman historian Tacitus wrote these words in the mouth of the ...

Unhinged leaders, dynastic intrigue, devastation and plunder: For 15 years I have been researching and teaching the ancient historian Tacitus’ works on the history of the Roman Empire. It has rarely ...