Tiberius Bans Egyptian and Jewish Practice

Tacitus

Annals 2.85

ca. 105–116

There was also discussion of driving out Egyptian and Jewish rites, and a senatorial decree was passed ordering 4,000 persons of the freedman class who had been infected with such superstition, and who were also of appropriate age, to be transported to the island of Sardinia. There they were to be employed in putting down banditry, and if they…

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Tacitus

56–120
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman senator and historian of the Roman Empire. His two most influential works, Histories and Annals, span the period from the death of Augustus in 14 CE to the death of Domitian in 96 CE and include an overview of Roman rule in Judea through the First Jewish Revolt (66–73 CE). Tacitus was trained in rhetoric early in his career and later withdrew from public office to devote his time exclusively to writing.

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