Titus and Berenice

Tacitus

Histories 2.1–2, 81

ca. 100–110

Titus Vespasianus had been dispatched by his father from Judaea. [ . . . ] These considerations and others like them made him waver between hope and fear; but hope finally won. Some believed that he turned back because of his passionate longing to see again Queen Berenice; and the young man’s heart was not insensible to Berenice, but his feelings…

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Tacitus

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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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