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Latin Quotes of Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a famous Roman senator and historian who lived from 56 - 119 A.D and was the author of great works like "Historiae", "Agricola" and "Annales" that provide scholars with valuable information about the Roman empire of his times. Go over a clutch of some famous quotes of Tacitus in Latin with their English translations included beside for you. Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter (You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure).
~ Tacitus. Corruptissima republica plurimae leges (The corrupted the republic, the more laws it has). ~ Tacitus. Consensus populi longa consuetudine inveteratus (The customs are tacit agreements made by the consensus of the people over a long interval). ~ Tacitus. Omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset (According to all he would have been able to govern even though he had never ruled). ~ Tacitus. Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abnuerit (A woman, after losing her virtue, will hesitate at nothing). ~ Tacitus. Idque apud imperitos humanitas vocabatur, cum pars servitutis esset (Because they didn't know better, they called it 'civilization,' when it was part of their slavery). ~ Tacitus. |
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