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Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator (c. 56 - c. 117)
Roman senator and historian. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-6205?rskey=OzCyXo&result=1&q=tacitus Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus Authority - ancientRelationships: Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus was a employed by Domitian (24 Oct 51-18 Sep 96)
Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus was a employed by Marcus Cocceius Nerva (35-28 Jan 98)
Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus was a employed by Titus (30 Dec 39-13 Sep 81)
Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus was a employed by Trajan (18 Sep 53-09 Aug 117)
Marcus Aurelius Probus (c. 19 Aug 232-282) was a employed by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus
References in Documents:
[POSTHUMOUS WORKS, AND Sloane MS 1911-13, f. 96.]
Honoured Sir,
By your letter, dated
to my hands about two days since) I see how much I am
obliged to you for your readinesse to take into consideration
those things which I desired by the note sent to
so that I could not omitt, but by this first opportunity, to re
turne
you my hearty thanks for the favour. I resolve, God
willing, to be in
terme, and by
of the
2 No. 2 of the "Miscellany Tracts."
3 Now first published from MS Sloan. 1848, 1882, 5233.- See vol. IV.
4 Unfortunately it has not come to our hands.
Certainly, sir, the gaining Marshland, in
land
circumstances may be gathered; and therefore considering
the industry and skill of the Romans, I conceive it most like
to have been performed by them.
speaking of the Romans in
out of
(who translated
wore out and consumed the bodies and hands of the Britans,
in clearing of woods, and paving of fens. But the words of
opinion; I meane, whether the word
walling or banking.
Sir, I account my selfe much happy to be thus far known
to you as I am, and that you are pleased to thinke me worthy
to converse with you in this manner, which I shall make bold
still to do upon any good occasion, till I be more happy by a
personall knowledge of you, as I hope in good time I may,
resting
Your very humble servant and honourer,
For my much·honoured friend,
house
Part of aLetter
from
Esq;
F.R.S. to
F.R.S. to
Esq; F.R.S. con
cerning some
cerning some
lately found
in
in
Lister
of the Texture and Figure of an old Roman Shield of
the
ParmaKind, that I had then newly procured; I have
since got another Curiosity relating to their
Plasticks,
'tis part of the
Pieces for the Conveniency of Baking) of an old
, that was lately dug up in their Burying-Place outRoman
Coffin
Coffin
of
Urns mentioned in the
NovemberTransactions
of the Red Clay but not so fine as the Urns, having a
greater Quantity of course Sand wrought in with the
Clay; as to the Form (which is entire as it was at first
moulded) 'tis Fourteen Inches and an half long, and
about Eleven broad at the narrower End, and nigh
Twelve and an half at the broader; this was the lowest
part, for the Feet and the rest were proportionably
broader till it came to the Shoulders; 'tis an Inch thick
besides the Ledges, which are One broad and Two thick,
and extend from the bottom of either side to within
Three Inches of the top, where 'tis wholly flat, and
somewhat thinner for the next to lye upon it, which se
veral Parts were thus joyn'd together by some Pin, I
presume, for at the end of each Tile is a Hole that wou'd
receive a common Slate-Pin, these Edges are wrought a
little hollow, to receive the Sides, I suppose, and at the
Feet are Two contrary Notches to fasten the End-piece,
this Bottom I should conclude to have consisted strictly
of Eight such Parts, from a like Character 8 imprest up
on the Clay by the
Sandapilarius's Finger before its Ba
king, but that I somewhat doubt whether
Numeral Fi
guresbe of that Antiquity in these
gures
EuropeanParts, tho' I
see no reason to conclude that because the
usedRomans
the
Numeral Lettersupon their more durable Monu
ments, that they were utterly Strangers to these Figures,
which (notwithstanding the common Opinion of their
Novelty here) the learned
Wallis
least, as the Times of
An. Dom
their Use here in
An.1133
Philosoph. Transact.
Numb. 154.
dug up in
Giles
blew Clay I have seen
, about Three Inches and an half long, but notRoman
Shuttle
one broad in the very middle, the hollow for the
Licium
being but one fourth of an Inch in the broadest Place,
shews that it was either for Silk or very fine Linnen, per
haps their
Asbestinumor Incombustible Winding-Sheets
fromRoman Pottle
than the
that I might observe the difference betwixt their
Congius
(of which I take this to be strictly the half) and our
Gallon, and this comes the nighest
Graves
tation, containing Three Pints and an half the
Winchester
Measure.
and Twenty old Roman Coins, from
Townely
ley
many of them are
Consular, or Family Coins, one of
them,
viz. Q. Cassius, was 162 Years
ding to
places
An. Urb. Cond.589.
That they were the ancient Roman Denarii, and Coin'd
before the Emperors Times (notwithstanding the contra
ry Sentiments of some Learned Men) I think is evident,
because there is mostly, instead of the Emperor's Head,
the antick Form of the
besides,
niam veterem ac diu notam
(except those small Pieces upon the Translation of the
Empire to
often interwoven, as particularly V-L in one I have of
to
stampt Silver Monies; and to mention no more, many
are of the
Serrato'sfiled in small Notches round the
Edge, of which Sort I have of
other
ConsularPieces, but never saw any of a later
Date.
ly met with: I have made a most diligent Inquest after those that
mentions atCamden
Grimscarnear
, but can find no more ReEland
mains of them, than of the noted Inscription,
Paulinus hic prædicavit
& celebravit, at
& celebravit
, which was not to be met with upon theDewsbury
strictest Scrutiny, I could possibly make, when I went purposely to
the Place. This shews the Necessity of Repositories for such vene
rable Remains. But though those of the
fourth Cohortare lost, yet
good Hap hath brought to my Notice and Possession
ninth
Legion's, which the learned
Legion's
Hen. Savile
,Tacitus
shews to have been in
inBritain
's Time, and that it was alsoGalba
; but that it, as well as the VIth and XXth, was also calHispaniensis
led
Victrix, or that it resided at
, was not known before; andYorke
yet both are evident from the Inscription upon this Brick found there,
in
Mickle-gate
Trinity-yard
Funeral Monument of the Standard-Bearer of the said VIIII Legion
(which Way of Writing 9 is frequent upon the
Monies); ofRoman
which see the
Phil. Trans. N° 305
Oxford Livy(Vol.
6. p. 181.)
ous
Hearne
BodleianLibrary
pleased with the Inscriptions you sent me relating to the 9th Le
gion, there being now no Room to doubt about the place of Re
sidence; a Thing which was unknown before; and for that Rea
son, those who have written about the
Legions, have saidRoman
nothing about this, but leave us quite in the dark; only
Ursatus
[in his Book
de Notis Rom.] does remark that it must be somewhere
in
, becauseBritain
tells us, that when the Colony atTacitus
was destroyed byCama
lodunum
lodunum
;Boadicea
Legate of thePætilius
Cerealis
IX Legion, came to their Assistance; but yet he makes no mention
of its being stiled
Victrix."