The Works of Cornelius Tacitus With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &C

Excerpt from The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &C <p>The friendship that subsisted between our author and the younger Pliny, is well known. It was founded on the consonance of their studies and their virtues. When Pliny says that a good and virtuous prince can never be sincerely loved, unless we show our detestation of the tyrants that preceded him,4 we may be sure that Tacitus was of the same opinion. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.