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"Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last major writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended 'fifteen years of enforced silence'.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- P. Cornelius Tacitus
- First published
- 1585
- Pages
- 111
- Publisher
- Dante Alighieri, Camb.U.P., F. Schneider
- Editions
- 83
- Language
- English, mul, French, Italian
- ISBN
- 9788876947308
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