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The 37 pages that link to Tacitus, each with the reason it gives.

• Roman historiographyBroader topic: His imperial histories show how Roman historical writing changed under autocratic rule.

• JosephusCompared with: His Roman perspective provides a distinct narrative against which Josephus can be compared.

• SuetoniusCompared with: Tacitus offers a more continuous political narrative against which Suetonius’s episodic biographies can be compared.

• NeroRelated: His account is a major source for Nero’s rule, though shaped by senatorial perspectives.

• Pliny the YoungerRelated: Pliny’s letters to Tacitus offer firsthand detail about the Vesuvius eruption and his uncle.

• PrincipateRelated: His histories scrutinize the gap between republican language and imperial power.

• Destruction of the Second TempleRelated: His account offers a Roman perspective on the campaign that destroyed the Temple.

• VespasianRelated: His narrative describes how Vespasian’s supporters justified his claim to power.

• Pax RomanaRelated: His accounts preserve a critical view of imperial rule during the era.

• TiberiusRelated: His account is a principal source for Tiberius’s reign and its reputation for tyranny.

• DomitianRelated: His hostile portrait of Domitian strongly influenced later views of the emperor.

• OdinRelated: His description of Germanic worship includes a god often identified with Odin.

• ClaudiusRelated: Tacitus depicts Claudius’s court as dominated by wives and freedmen.

• Crucifixion of JesusRelated: His brief passage is a non-Christian reference to Jesus’s execution.

• Ancient historiographyBroader topic: His compressed political narratives scrutinize imperial power and the conduct of elites.

• ÆsirRelated: His account offers an early, external comparison for interpreting Germanic gods.

• SallustRelated: Tacitus adopted and developed Sallust's compressed prose and moral scrutiny.

• Interpretatio germanicaRelated: His descriptions identify Germanic gods through Roman divine names.

• Persecution of Christians in the Roman EmpireRelated: His account is a key non-Christian testimony to an early persecution.

• Quintus Curtius RufusCompared with: Tacitus is a better-dated imperial historian, highlighting how little is known about Curtius’s life.

• Battle of the Teutoburg ForestRelated: His narratives preserve Roman perspectives on the defeat and its aftermath.

• CaligulaRelated: Tacitus’s account of Caligula is lost, limiting comparison with later narratives.

• Justus LipsiusRelated: Lipsius edited Tacitus and treated him as a source of political wisdom.

• Julio-Claudian dynastyRelated: His accounts preserve influential narratives of Julio-Claudian rule and court politics.

• Pontius PilateRelated: Tacitus states that Christus was executed under Tiberius by Pontius Pilate.

• Roman GermaniaRelated: His account shaped later ideas about the region and its inhabitants.

• BoudicaRelated: His Annals and Agricola are the fullest surviving ancient narratives of the revolt.

• GalbaRelated: His narrative traces Galba’s rule through the political collapse of 68–69 CE.

• Great Fire of RomeRelated: His Annals provides the fullest surviving narrative of the fire and its aftermath.

• Nerva (Roman emperor)Related: His histories and later reputation frame the Senate’s hopes at Nerva’s accession.

• SuebiRelated: His Germania gives an influential early description of Suebi communities.

• The Twelve CaesarsCompared with: His analytical historical narratives offer a different surviving perspective on several emperors Suetonius depicts.

• Memoirs of HadrianRelated: His accounts of imperial power offer a historical counterpoint to Hadrian’s self-presentation.

• Ronald SymeRelated: Syme’s two-volume study of Tacitus examines the historian’s life, politics, and historical method.

• Battle of IdistavisoRelated: His Annals provides the fullest surviving narrative of the battle.

• Battle of Mons GraupiusRelated: His Agricola is the principal surviving narrative source for Mons Graupius.

• Gothic paganismRelated: His outsider account offers early comparisons, not direct evidence about later Gothic practices.