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Which Roman priestly college did Tacitus join after becoming praetor?
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Tacitus, statue at the Parliament building in Vienna.
After attaining the praetorship in 88 CE, the Roman historian Tacitus became a member of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis. This priestly college was responsible for keeping the Sibylline Books of prophecy and supervising the practice of foreign cults in Rome.1