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Latin quotes by Tacitus
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Tacitus (c. 56-119 AD), Roman Senator and Historian
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
His works include:
Historiae,
Annales
and Agricola
- Annalium ab excesu divi Augusti libri - Annal books since the death of the divine Augustus (Tacitus)
- Auferre, rapere, trucidare falsibus nominbus imperium, atque soliditudinem faciunt pacem appellant - They kill, rape and pillage, and they falsely call it "to govern", and where they create a dessert they call it "peace". (Tacitus - Referring to the "Pax Romana" i.e. the destruction of Carthage by Rome)
- Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter - You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure (Tacitus)
- Corruptissima republica plurimae leges - The corrupted the republic, the more laws it has (Tacitus - Annales (III, 27)
- De origine et situ Germanorum - About the origin and Land of the Germans (Tacitus - Germania)
- De vita Iulii Agricolae - About the life of Iulius Agricola (Tacitus - Iulius Agricola was his father-in-law)
- Dialogus de oratoribus - Dialogue on Orators (A short book by Tacitus)
- Feminae saepius lineis amictibus velantur nudae brachia et lacertos - Women often are covered with linen sheets, wearing bare arms and shoulders (Tacitus)
- In pessima republica plurimae leges - In the most corrupt republic, the laws are most numerous (Tacitus)
- Mores sunt tacitus consensus populi longa consuetudine inveteratus - The customs are tacit agreements made by the consensus of the people over a long interval - (Legal term Domitius Ulpianus)
- Omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset - According to all he would have been able to govern even though he had never ruled (Publius Cornelius Tacitus - Annals)
- Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quae velis, et quae sentias dicere licet - What uncommon fate of these times, where you can think what you want and say what you think (Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Histories, I, 1)
- Sine ira et studio - Without animosity and without favoritism (Publius Cornelius Tacitus - Annals 1.1 - Without anger or passion - Tacitus wanted to write about the reign of Augustus and Tiberius impartially, because their deeds happened a long time ago)
- Socordiam eorum inridere libet qui praesenti potentia credunt extingui posse etiam sequentis aevi memoriam - It is a pleasure to laugh at the folly of those who think current power can extinguish the memory of future ages. (Tacitus - Annals IV, 35 - After the Senate condemned the "seditious" writer Cordus, they ordered all his books to be burned, yet they were still read in Tacitus' time. - Thank you: CJJ)
- Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appellant - They made a desert and called it peace (Tacitus - Referring to the "Pax Romana" i.e. the destruction of Carthage by Rome)
- Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem apellant - They create desolation and call it peace (Tacitus - Pax Romana i.e. the destruction of Carthage by Rome)
- Vivi ad arma nati - Born mercenaries (That's how Tacitus describes Germans recruits)
Total: 17
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