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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus Maximus, post: 4360176, member: 102867&quot;]I share your opinion of Tacitus.&nbsp; His Histories are unparalleled in my opinion.&nbsp; It is very unfortunate that his Histories have not been fully handed down, they could have provided us with a wealth of information, especially because Tacitus also paid a lot of attention to the province in addition to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, the lost books could have provided us with the only narrative record by the government of the Flavians.&nbsp; Especially for Domitian we miss this very much because the most important sources about him Suetonius and Cassius Dio write reports without a very clear chronological order.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also several Historians who think that Tacitus gave a different account of the fall of Jerusalem than the pro-Flavian Josephus.&nbsp; They base this on later writers who still know the lost books from the Histories.&nbsp; Based on these sources, they suspected that the temple was set on fire by Titus on purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally hope that the lost books will one day be found.&nbsp; Because in addition to the information that his books provide, they are also stylistically of enormous quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the chance is very small. My hope is more focused on the library of Herculaneum. A Dutch Historian told me about it last year.</p><p>You can read more about it here:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/ancient-scrolls-charred-by-vesuvius-could-be-read-once-again" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/ancient-scrolls-charred-by-vesuvius-could-be-read-once-again" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/ancient-scrolls-charred-by-vesuvius-could-be-read-once-again</a></p><p>Tacitus Histories will not be found there, but probably many other works.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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