Agricola ; and Germany / Tacitus ; translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony R. Birley.

By:

Tacitus, Cornelius

Contributor(s):

Birley, Anthony Richard

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (li, 160 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780191587542
0191587540

Other title:

Agricola ; and Germany

Uniform titles:

Agricola. English

Contained works:

Tacitus, Cornelius. Germania. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Agricola.DDC classification:

936.1/03 22

LOC classification:

DG291.7.A2 T313 1999eb

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Contents:

The life of Agricola -- The origin and land of the Germans.

Review: "Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last major writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended 'fifteen years of enforced silence'. These first products were brief: the biography of his late father-in-law Julius Agricola and an account of Rome's most dangerous enemies, the Germans. As governor for seven years, Agricola had completed the conquest of Britain and much of Tacitus' biography is devoted to the country and its people. Germany is the only surviving specimen from the ancient world of an ethnographic study. Each of these early works has had immense influence on our perception of Rome and the northern 'barbarians'." "This newly translated edition reflects recent research in Roman-British and Roman-German history, including recently discovered evidence on Tacitus' early career."--Jacket

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The life of Agricola -- The origin and land of the Germans.

"Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last major writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended 'fifteen years of enforced silence'. These first products were brief: the biography of his late father-in-law Julius Agricola and an account of Rome's most dangerous enemies, the Germans. As governor for seven years, Agricola had completed the conquest of Britain and much of Tacitus' biography is devoted to the country and its people. Germany is the only surviving specimen from the ancient world of an ethnographic study. Each of these early works has had immense influence on our perception of Rome and the northern 'barbarians'." "This newly translated edition reflects recent research in Roman-British and Roman-German history, including recently discovered evidence on Tacitus' early career."--Jacket

Translated from the Latin.

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