. The Germania and Agricola of Tacitus . eptember,and is succeeded by Nerva. 97 850 45 Tacitus consul. He writes and publishes hisAgricola in this year. Nerva adopts Trajan onthe 19th of September. 98 851 46 Nerva dies on the 27th of January, and is succeed-ed by Trajan. 100 853 48 Tacitus, in conjunction with Pliny, accuses MariusPriscus, proconsul of Africa, of extortion in theadministration of this provuice. 101 854 49 Trqjan makes war against the Dacians and defeatsto to to them, and eventually reduces Dacia into the 105 858 53 form of a Roman province. Tacitus appears to have lived till t
. The Germania and Agricola of Tacitus . eptember,and is succeeded by Nerva. 97 850 45 Tacitus consul. He writes and publishes hisAgricola in this year. Nerva adopts Trajan onthe 19th of September. 98 851 46 Nerva dies on the 27th of January, and is succeed-ed by Trajan. 100 853 48 Tacitus, in conjunction with Pliny, accuses MariusPriscus, proconsul of Africa, of extortion in theadministration of this provuice. 101 854 49 Trqjan makes war against the Dacians and defeatsto to to them, and eventually reduces Dacia into the 105 858 53 form of a Roman province. Tacitus appears to have lived till the time ofHadrian, who succeeded Trajan, 117; but hetook no part in public aflfairs after his consulship. Note. The preceding table is taken from the English edition, anddififers, as will be perceived, from the Account of the Life and Writ-ings of Tacitus, in relation to the birth-year and native place of thehistorian. In a matter of this kind, where no certainty can be ar-riveii at, the variation becomes comparatively / it^.co V^ o^^^b^-i^h^l^i ^«-*-^C^ ^-^ 7 REMARKS ON THE STYLE OE TACITUS. i »^ ->»xc^ .-V REMARKS ON THE STYLE OF TACITUS. TRANSLATED* FROM THE LATIN OF WILHELM BOETTICHER. Tacitus generally preserved in his language the usage of formerwriters, and chiefly of the historians; and only departed from it insuch a degree as to improve and increase certain peculiarities whichthe ancient writers sometimes display in single instances, and inwhich they, too, have mostly followed the language of the poets. Itis true, he adopted the usage of his age, and indulged his own pecul-iar genius in new constructions, and in the formation of compoundwords; but ho never, in these instances, transgressed the laws of hisnative tongue: like a great legislator, who best provides for the com-mon welfare by retaining, on the one hand, the customs of antiquity,while he also employs his own genius in inventing laws which arebetter and more suited to the demands
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