Tacitus

Tacitus (c. 56-117+)

"This is the crowning injustice of war; all claim credit for success, while defeat is laid to the account of one."

• From the Agricola (section 27) by Tacitus, translated by Harold Mattingly and edited by J. B. Rives. New York: Penguin Classics, 2009.

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