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Great books of the Western World, v.14: Tacitus, 2E

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The little that is known about the life of Tacitus is provided by allusions in his own writings and the letters addressed to him by his intimate friend, Pliny the Younger. When Tacitus began his Histories, somewhere about his fortyfifth year, he related his life to the empire that was to be the burden of his narrative: " I myself knew nothing of Galba, of Otho, or of Vitellius, either from benefits or from injuries. I would not deny that my elevation was begun by Vespasian, augmented by Titus, and still further advanced by Domitian..

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R 030 BRI g/14

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: ., 1990

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v: 313 p; 24 cm

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English

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0852295316

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GENERAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA

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