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One of the greatest historians of ancient Rome, Cornelius Tacitus is a primary source for much of what is known about life the first and second centuries after the life of Jesus. His most famous works, Histories and Annals, exist in fragmentary form, though many of his earlier writings were lost to time. Tacitus is known for being generally reliable (if somewhat biased toward what he saw as Roman immorality) and for having a uniquely direct (if not blunt) writing style....
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One of the greatest historians of ancient Rome, Cornelius Tacitus is a primary source for much of what is known about life the first and second centuries after the life of Jesus. His most famous works, Histories and Annals, exist in fragmentary form, though many of his earlier writings were lost to time. Tacitus is known for being generally reliable (if somewhat biased toward what he saw as Roman immorality) and for having a uniquely direct (if not blunt) writing style....
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Germanicus, Defeated Arminius - AD 16
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Claudius, 4th Roman Emperor
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Pliny the Elder, Writer 1st Encyclopedia
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Nero, 5th Roman Emperor
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Boudica, British Celtic Queen
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Pliny the Younger
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The Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus
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