Tacitus Archive
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Boudica’s Speeches in Tacitus and Dio
Posted on December 10, 2012 | No CommentsSome recent scholarship has argued that ancient Roman historians inevitably cast foreigners as inferior and thereby justified Roman imperialism and colonialism. -
Tiberius, Tacfarinas, and the Jews
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsDespite this relative wealth of sources, their combined evidence does not allow of a clear explanation as to why exactly Tiberius expelled the Jews from Rome in AD 19. Although they preserve broadly similar accounts of the circumstances surrounding this expulsion, they differ among themselves in several points of detail and interpretation. -
The tribes of North Britain revisited
Posted on September 9, 2012 | No CommentsPtolemy's list of places in north Britain, arranged by tribe, may include both native sites and Roman forts. -
Julio-Claudian empresses
Posted on August 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe social framework in which Romans lived has been reexamined in recent years. One important focus, the study of Roman women and family, has emerged.1 Indeed, social historians argue that the roles generally played by wives and mothers are crucial keys to our understanding their value in Roman society.
















