Who's Who of Egyptian people, queens and family: Tacitus

Tacitus

Roman Emperors

Tacitus was a Roman historian who refers to imperial Rome's preference for cultivating Africa and Egypt and for committing the lifeline of the Roman people to ships and all there risks in perhaps a tone of portentious traditionalism. The risks he alludes to were, however, real ones.

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Last Updated: June 20th, 2011