 Tacitus was the son of a procurator , who married into the elite family of Agricola . He entered his political life as a senator after Nero 's death and , by Tacitus ' own admission , owed much to Nero 's rivals . Realising that this bias may be apparent to others , Tacitus protests that his writing is true . 
 Tacitus was the son of a procurator , <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>married into the elite family of Agricola . He entered his political life as a senator after Nero <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>death and , by Tacitus <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>own admission , owed much to Nero <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>rivals . Realising that this bias may be apparent to others , Tacitus <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>protests</mark></a> that his writing is true . 
Tacitus was the son of a procurator , married into the elite fam of Agricola . He entered his political life as a rep after Nero  death and , by Tacitus  own admission , owed much to Nero  rivals . Realising that this bias may be apparent to others , Tacitus protest that his writing is true .