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PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS
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• PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS (noun)
The noun PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS has 1 sense:
1. Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120)
Familiarity information: PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS used as a noun is very rare.
• PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus; Publius Cornelius Tacitus; Tacitus
Instance hypernyms:
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
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