Tacitus

• “= P. Suillius Rufus (_P._ IV A, l 719-22; _P.R1_ S 700) is otherwise chiefly known to us from three passages of Tacitus: Suillius is presented as 'strong, savage, and unbridled' (Syme _Tacitus_ 332).”

  The Last Poems of Ovid

• “We read in Tacitus that, with the Roman trade, such "alluring vices" - his name for luxuries-as the porch in front of the house, the bath with hot and cold water, and the pride and pomp of the formal dinner table found their way into the barbarous colony.”

  Nationhood Within the Empire

• “Years hence, when robust Saxon sense has flung away Jewish superstition and Eastern prejudice, and put under its foot fastidious scholarship and squeamish fashion, some second Tacitus from the valley of the Mississippi will answer to him of the Seven Hills: 'In all grave questions, we consult our women.”

  Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897

• “This is explained by a passage in Tacitus (though an impious one) where he commends Antiochus for his attempt to take away the superstition of the Jews, and bring in the manners of the Greeks, among them (ut teterrimam gentem in melius mutaret -- to meliorate an odious nation), and laments that he was hindered from accomplishing it by the Parthian war.”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)

• “Antistius Labeo in Tacitus, (Annal.iii. 75,) and in an epistle of”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Note: From the context of the phrase in Tacitus, “Nam secutae leges etsi alquando in maleficos ex delicto; saepius tamen dissensione ordinum *** latae sunt,” it is clear that”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “This ceremony, of which some traces may be found in Tacitus and the woods of Germany, 56 was in its origin simple and profane; the candidate, after some previous trial, was invested with the sword and spurs; and his cheek or shoulder was touched with a slight blow, as an emblem of the last affront which it was lawful for him to endure.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “The book was much copied in classical times, and a later Roman emperor called Tacitus no relation, though he claimed he was ordered mass production of Tacitus's works, for fear that they "might perish from readers' negligence.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Hitler's Golden Book

• “To paraphrase Tacitus, who apparently understood politics far better than the author of the article above, to allow one slight against you is to encourage the commission of others.”

  Think Progress » Administration Responds to North Korea Missile Stunt With Missile Defense Stunt

• “That said, while (or since) Overton's Window as described by Trevino (aka Tacitus, who is well known to many of us) is, I believe, a genuine rightwing strategy to advance an extremist agenda, I think it has limited usefulness for liberals.”

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