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the topic "Tacitus"
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68 Last year covered by Tacitus' ''Annals'', a history of the Roman EmpireRoman Empire The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman [i] civilization characterized by an autocratic [i] ...
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83 Possible date of the Battle of Mons Graupius (83 or 84). According to Tacitus, 10,000 Britons and 360 Romans are killed.
96 End of period covered by Tacitus in his ''Histories''.
98 Tacitus finished his ''Germania'' (approximate date).
108 Tacitus writes ''Histories'', which covers the period from 6969 ...
to 96 CE.
110 Tacitus is named proconsul of Asia (110-113).
112 Tacitus is GovernorGovernor A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranki...
of the Roman province of Asia, AnatoliaAnatolia Anatolia is a region of Southwest Asia [i] which corresponds today to the Asiatic portion of Turkey [i] ...
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385Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman [i] historian who wrote during Late Antiquity [i]. ...
begins writing a history, in the style of Tacitus, covering the years 96 CE to 378.