Tacitus

Boudica: The Celtic Warrior Queen In society today, many women still feel the need to silence their opinions due to the historical pretense that women are not to speak out against others, particularly men. This stereotype helps show off the women that did speak out in a way that eventually benefited their own lives. The novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, showcases the personalities of the Bennet sisters and their journey to an ultimate goal, marriage. The two characters that stand out…

they change both in their interpretation and perception over time? Like most questions there is not a simple answer, Work on later To understand the origins of Norse Mythology, one must look at its stylistic predecessor in the Old Germanic beliefs. Tacitus, a Roman historian who lived between the 1st and 2nd century, made several writings about the Germanic tribes and their beliefs 1. Among them he dedicated sections to the mythologies of the various tribes. The chief similarity he found…

encourage their people to fight with them. Having a reason to fight is important when leading one’s countrymen into war. When it comes to going to war with the invading Roman military, Boudicea justifies the act to her people in a short speech. Tacitus, an ancient Roman historian, wrote about this period in time. He retells these reasons, “But now,” she said, “it is not as a woman descended form noble ancestry, but as one of the people that I am avenging lost freedom, my scourged body the…

For example, Agricola states: “These are the men who just last year attacked a single legion like thieves in the night, only to be broken by your mere battle-cry (Tacitus, Agricola, 34, pg.23).” In The Eagle, the Britons do the same thing by attacking a single legion. By saying ‘thieves in the night” Agricola is stating that the Britons launched a quick surprise attack, and were still defeated. This is seen in The…

trustworthy based on what we know from history? Sources outside the Bible all confirm what the Bible says. Josephus was a Jewish historian and mentions Jesus several times. He notes Jesus’ role as a religious teacher and his death by crucifixion. Tacitus was a Roman historian and says Jesus lived during the N.T. times and that he was referred to as the “Christ” by His followers. Modern historians accept these two as reliable reporters and historians and neither one were Christians so they didn’t…

Spectacles in the Roman Empire The spectacles were an important tool for social cohesion in the Roman Empire. These spectacles started to fill the city of Rome even before the Empire began to increase its power throughout other lands. What started as something with an entire religious background, soon would become only a political tool that would serve politicians to control people and make them change their opinions on the serious issues that their government or Empire were living at that time…

and quotations to the mannerisms of Tiberius in his ways of speaking and deliberation. These provide anecdotal evidence of my senator’s experience, in direct reference to the well recorded truth from many historical accounts, in particular those of Tacitus in his The Annals of Imperial Rome, c.100AD. Thus, the story of Tiberius initially refusing the principate of Augustus is used as a first-hand account, alongside the presentation of what appears to be contemporary gossip, but is in actuality…

people, made him a paramount connection for Agrippina and she derived, from him, a great deal of prominence. Barrett (2005) posits that his victory in Germany was “a memory that his daughter would exploit to the full”. This idea is reinforced by Tacitus (Annals) who asserts that “the effect” of this victory “was heightened...by the five children”. Thus, it is conceivable that Germanicus used his children as tools of propaganda and thus had a profound influence on Agrippina’s manipulative nature.…

This essay will discuss the question of whether equestrians were more important than senators in the running of the empire. In doing so, I shall evaluate the role of both the Senate and individual equestrians under the Julio-Claudian emperors. I will investigate Augustus’ actions towards the Senate and his raising of the Equestrian Order, Tiberius’ relationship with the Senate and the role of Sejanus, Gaius’ relationship with the Senate, Claudius’ actions towards the Senate and his promotion of…

were treated during the Roman invasion of Jerusalem. "The number of corpses that lay in piles everywhere was indeed a horrible sight...The number of Jews who died of famine in the city was prodigious, their sufferings unspeakable." In "Letter to Tacitus" in Document 7.2, Pliny the Younger, nephew of the naturalist Pliny the Elder, wrote of his Uncle's death by inhalation of Mount Vesuvius' volcanic fumes. In his "Letter to Trajan," he asked Emperor Trojan of Rome (from…