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Tacitus
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[1] (P.?) Cornelius T. Latin historiographer, c. AD 55- c. 120

Latin historiographer, c. AD 55 - c. AD 120.

Flaig, Egon (Göttingen)

[German version]

I. Life

(Publius?) Cornelius T. came from Gaul, and had a successful senatorial career under the Flavian emperors (70-96). He was a praetor in 88, consul in 97, proconsul in the province of Asia in 112 (OGIS 487 Mylasa). After the murder of Domitian in 96, contro…

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Flaig, Egon (Göttingen) and Franke, Thomas (Bochum), “Tacitus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 18 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1128350>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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