Tacitus and Livy: Latin Historians

Tacitus was a well-known Latin senator in Roman history. Born in the year 55AD, he grew up to assume a role in the Roman government. The positions Tacitus held were prartor, consul, and proconsul. Tacticus left his legacy with two great literary text’s entitled The Historiae and the Annales.  The Historiae is a 12 to 14 book seiries that describes the victory and rule of the Flavian dynasty. His other most notable published work is the Annales which is a 16 to 18 book enconter (some pieces are destroyed) from the rise of Tiberious to the death of Nero. He talks about how the cultured developed into a “court culture”, a sort of birthplace of modern law practice. As a senator, Tacticus was known to bring moral quality to the frontline of politics. Unlike in pas political conventions, Tacticus scrutinized the morality of individuals in debates. His work was very accepted in Antiquity, as well as today by historians when it was recovered and analyzed during the renaissance.

Livy was a Roman historian born in the year 59 BC int he area of Patavium. His most notable work was the Ab Urbe Condita Libri. This text traces the hitory of Rome and offers valuable information for historians today. One of his beliefs was tgat studying history was important in succeeding in the present. Livy was a married man with children. People from arond the world would travek just to meet him and talk about his writings.

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