(November 24, 2014 at 7:36 pm)His_Majesty Wrote:(November 24, 2014 at 7:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: And his source was what? Tacitus wasn't born until decades after the event in question - he couldn't have had personal knowledge of the events. So how did he know?
Well, then there shouldn't be a "history" subject in our school system, since every history teacher was born centuries after Columbus, the famous wars, and any other event in history.
And if you say "well, they are using contemporary sources"...well, the same could be said about Tacitus.
The difference is, that in the former case, we actually *have* contemporary sources, and in the latter, we do not. Has this escaped you?
What precisely were Tactitus' contemporary sources? (Hint: they don't exist.)
