Talk:Tacitus

Plato's Republic in See also?

I cannot see why Plato's Republic is attributed to Tacitus (!) in 'See Also' section. Any reason not to delete it? (Ophiochos (talk) 19:59, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Another source

A. R. Birley, "The Life and Death of Cornelius Tacitus," Historia, 49 (2000), pp. 230-47 discusses CIL VI, 1574, a fragment of an inscription that Géza Alföldy restored to provide more information on the historian's life. -- llywrch (talk) 08:43, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Yes Birley's paper is widely cited. Oxford Bibliographies even gives the following succinct advice: "On Tacitus's life and career, see Syme 1958 and Birley 2000." I have added it to the article's bibliography. Alcaios (talk) 21:02, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Name

Why was Tacitus called Tacitus? Did the words "tacit" and "taciturn" mean then what they do now? Asking for a Wordle friend, lol. 205.239.40.3 (talk) 10:13, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

It was just a name. Incidentally, Ancient Roman pronunciation had a hard C only (there was no soft C) so it would in effect be taKitus, not taSitus, as described in the article. 12.153.231.190 (talk) 21:00, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

suffect consul of 37

The article contains the text "...that historian's mother was a daughter of Aulus Caecina Paetus, suffect consul of 37, and sister of Arria...". (emphasis mine)

I don't understand what "suffect consul of 37" means, and I suspect many readers would also fail to understand this phrase. "Suffect" itself is rather obscure, though at least I could Google that to get the definition "a Roman consul elected to complete the term of one who vacated office before the end of the year". But I especially don't understand the number 37 in this context.

Can anyone clarify? Riordanmr (talk) 20:34, 14 July 2023 (UTC)