Roman historian
Tacitus, for one
A Roman historian is a scholar who studies or writes about ancient Rome—its politics, culture, wars, and society.
The term also refers to the ancient historians themselves, writers like Livy, Tacitus, and Suetonius who documented Roman history: Tacitus remains the most influential Roman historian on imperial politics.
- LivyLatin historian of antiquity
- TacitusRoman senator and historian
- military campaignsOrganized military operations
- political intrigueCovert governmental scheming
- civic virtueDevotion to community welfare
great men · oral tradition · ancient sources · primary documents · archival records · annals · inscriptions · moral lessons · bread and circuses · speeches · Polybius · Pliny the Elder · marble bust · Punic Wars · imperial expansion · founding myths · letters · eyewitness accounts
Roman historianRoman poet
Classical verse writer from Italy
Roman philosopher · biographer · fabulist · epic poet · lyric poet
Roman historianmythographer
Compiler of legends
poet · fabulist · romancer · biographer · panegyrist
Roman, historian, Rome, Romans, Romanize, Romanization, romance, romantic, romanticism