Category Archives: Tacitus (Roman)

Britons: Tacitus (late first century CE)

Egyptian diasporas: Manetho, Josephos and others on legends of migration concerning Hyksos and Judeans (third century BCE and on)

Germanic peoples: Tacitus’ Germania in full (late first century CE)

Judeans, Egyptians, and Magians: Various authors on Tiberius’ actions against foreign practices 17-19 CE (first-third centuries CE)

Judeans: Tacitus on Judean origins and customs (second century CE)

Libyans / Africans: Tacitus on Tacfarinas and resistance by Numidians, Maurians, and Musulamians (early second century CE)

Samaritans: Josephos on Chuthean origins and relations with Judeans over centuries (late first century CE)

Sarmatians: Tacitus on ferocity and laziness in military situations (early second century CE)

Thracians: Tacitus on their uncivilized and wild nature (early second century CE)