How do Tacitus's ideas relate to modern political surveillance?
My accounts detail how emperors, fearing dissent and seeking to consolidate their authority, employed extensive networks of informants and spies. This pervasive atmosphere of suspicion, where citizens feared their words and actions could be used against them, stifled open discourse and bred conformity. The constant monitoring by those in power, a theme I explored extensively, serves as a potent reminder of the fragility of privacy and the dangers it poses to a free society.