Tacitus – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:05:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Tacitus – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 ‘Germania’: Tacitus and the Long Reach of Ancient Roman Propaganda https://brewminate.com/germania-tacitus-and-the-long-reach-of-ancient-roman-propaganda/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:01:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=136347 The text, first published in 98 C.E., has a long legacy. By Emily T. Simon Ask a well-read

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]]> The Life and Works of Ancient Roman Historian Tacitus https://brewminate.com/the-life-and-works-of-ancient-roman-historian-tacitus/ Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:15:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=127402 Publius Cornelius Tacitus (l. c. 56 – c. 118 CE) was a Roman historian, active throughout the reign of Trajan

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]]> Tacitus’ ‘Annals’ and Its Enduring Portrait of Monarchical Power https://brewminate.com/tacitus-annals-and-its-enduring-portrait-of-monarchical-power/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:18:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=105688 Though his work was little read in the Roman world, it has influenced great thinkers such as Hobbes

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