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Mentioned as a historical source that covers Tiberius but not Caligula: 'we have Tacitus for Tiberius, but we don't have Tacitus for Caligula.' His historical works are referenced as containing fuller accounts of events.

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Explicitly named as 'a history that has been known since the 16th century as the Annals.' Described as Tacitus's 'final and greatest work' which focused on the dynasty of Augustus, covering the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.

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Referenced as Tacitus's biography of his father-in-law Agricola, described as a eulogy and portrait of the ideal Roman governor

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Mary Beard describes reading this biography of Tacitus's father-in-law as a teenager, where she encountered the famous quote 'they make a desert and call it peace'

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Referenced as 'a book about the Germans' where Tacitus portrays Germanic peoples as heroic and noble, later influential on Nazi ideology

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Referenced as Tacitus's narrative account focused on the civil war convulsing the Roman world during AD 69, the year of the four emperors - Tacitus is described as 'the greatest of all Roman historians'

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Referenced as a documentary source for Boudicca's revolt - 'what you get in Tacitus, a report of Boudicca's revolt that she incinerates London.' This refers to Tacitus's historical writings (likely the Annals)

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Referenced as one of the main historical sources on Nero. Mentioned alongside Suetonius as elite Roman historians who wrote negative accounts of Nero's reign.