Roman historian Tacitus gave a powerful quote about empire, war, and peace. The quote explains how rulers sometimes destroy places but describe their actions as bringing order. His words criticize the ...

Continuing from last time, further criticism that the ancient Roman historian Tacitus was an unreliable historian and showed bias in favor of Christianity is based upon his use of certain words.

Rome in the first century was carefully chronicled by Roman historians, particularly Tacitus, Suetonius and Dio Cassius – that is why we know so much about it. Tacitus was a political player in his ...