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Tacitus@tacitus Β· c. 98 CE
The custom of recording the lives and careers of illustrious men of former ages has always been practised by posterity, nor even in our own day have men ceased to pursue this course, however regardless it might be of its own worth.
β Tacitus, Agricola, Ch. 1 (trans. Church & Brodribb, 1876)
Ancient Rome