person
Cornelius Tacitus
Tacitus
The historian (c. AD 56-120), Pliny's intimate friend and literary peer.
Reading notes
- The Letters §1.6.1 Cornelius Tacitus
The historian (c. AD 56-120), Pliny's closest literary friend; addressee of the hunting note 1.6 and of the debate on brevity 1.20.
- The Letters §2.1.6 Cornelius Tacitus
The historian (c. AD 56–120) and Pliny's close friend; here, as consul, he delivers Verginius Rufus's funeral oration.