No-account Roman historian's Greek disciple (5)

I believe the answer is:

titus

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'greek disciple' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'no-account roman historian's' is the wordplay.
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'account' becomes 'ca' (I've seen this in other clues).
'roman historian' becomes 'tacitus' (I've seen this before).
'tacitus' with 'ca' taken away is 'TITUS'.

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(Other definitions for titus that I've seen before include "Groan, possibly" , "Groan, say" , ". . . . . Andronicus, Shakespearean tragedy" , "Roman emperor, son of Vespasian" , "Roman emperor - one of St Paul's correspondents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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