2nd-Century Deaths - Suetonius, Ignatius of Antioch, Aulus Gellius, Arrian, Lucian, Tacitus, Juvenal, Domitia Longina, Gervasius and Protasius (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Suetonius, Ignatius of Antioch, Aulus Gellius, Arrian, Lucian, Tacitus, Juvenal, Domitia Longina, Gervasius and Protasius, Saint Cecilia, Suetonius on Christ, Faith, Hope and Charity, Soranus of Ephesus, Melito of Sardis, Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes, Lucius Julius Gainius Fabius Agrippa, Jose the Galilean, Alexander of Jerusalem, Salvius Julianus, Babatha, Magnus of Anagni, Marcus Vitorius Marcellus, Sanatruk, Saint Hermias, Onkelos, Publius Iuventius Celsus, Domitia Lucilla, Nehunya ben ha-Kanah, Fadilla, Saint Mari, Damis, Publius Acilius Attianus, Fannia, Gaius Claudius Severus, Gaius Vitorius Hosidius Geta, Yavane vara, Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, Sextus Caecilius Africanus, Aspasius, Quintus Sosius Senecio, Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina, Lucius Licinius Sura, Didia Clara, Quintus Tineius Sacerdos Clemens, Iavolenus Priscus, Patiens, Castritian, Paternus of Auch, Halafta. Excerpt: Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (AD 56 - AD 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works-the Annals and the Histories-examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to (presumably) the death of emperor Domitian in AD 96. There are enormous lacunae in the surviving texts, including one four books long in the Annals. Other works by Tacitus discuss oratory (in dialogue format, see Dialogus de oratoribus), Germania (in De origine et situ Germanorum), and biographical notes about his father-in-law Agricola, primarily during his campaign in Britannia (see De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae). Tacitus was an author writing in the latter part of the Silver Age of Latin literature. His work is distinguished b...