Authority Cited: Tacitus
Author name and dates: Publius (Gaius?) Cornelius Tacitus (c. 56 C.E.- c.120 C.E.)
BKG Bio-tweet: Roman senator, orator; concise historian; psychological insights of emperors, aristocracy; geography, anthropology of Germans
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary); [BKG Note: one Tacitus cite (in Latin) in 1755 Dict. Vol. 1. No additional Tacitus cites found in 1773 Dict. The Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, ed. lists 114 2. Taciti, Lipsi Antv. 1627 and 619 18. Taciti, 2 Tom Elz. 1634 and 16 more. The edition SJ used (likely remembered) is unknown.
C. Cornelivs Tacitvs ex I. Lipsii accuratissima editione, 1634, Lvgdvni Batavorvm: Ex Officina Elzeviriana.
1634 text, p.693: Nec dierum numerum ut nos, fed noctium computant. [Nor do they count the number of days as we do, but the nights.]
1627: electronic copy not found
Author name and dates: Publius (Gaius?) Cornelius Tacitus (c. 56 C.E.- c.120 C.E.)
BKG Bio-tweet: Roman senator, orator; concise historian; psychological insights of emperors, aristocracy; geography, anthropology of Germans
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary); [BKG Note: one Tacitus cite (in Latin) in 1755 Dict. Vol. 1. No additional Tacitus cites found in 1773 Dict. The Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, ed. lists 114 2. Taciti, Lipsi Antv. 1627 and 619 18. Taciti, 2 Tom Elz. 1634 and 16 more. The edition SJ used (likely remembered) is unknown.
C. Cornelivs Tacitvs ex I. Lipsii accuratissima editione, 1634, Lvgdvni Batavorvm: Ex Officina Elzeviriana.
- Germania (de situ moribus et populis Germania libellus [A little book on the situation, manners and peoples of Germany]); fortnight
1634 text, p.693: Nec dierum numerum ut nos, fed noctium computant. [Nor do they count the number of days as we do, but the nights.]
1627: electronic copy not found