Germania and Agricola are among the most famous classical texts of antiquity. Written around 98 AD, they are one of the main sources of information about the people that inhabited ancient Britain and Germany. In particular, Germania is a detailed account of the manners and sites of the various German tribes. It calls our attention the detailed description of people and places very distant from Rome. It is truly a remarkable work.Tacitus was the son-in-law of Governor Agricola and his biography is clearly an homage to a man ...
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Germania and Agricola are among the most famous classical texts of antiquity. Written around 98 AD, they are one of the main sources of information about the people that inhabited ancient Britain and Germany. In particular, Germania is a detailed account of the manners and sites of the various German tribes. It calls our attention the detailed description of people and places very distant from Rome. It is truly a remarkable work.Tacitus was the son-in-law of Governor Agricola and his biography is clearly an homage to a man that he admired much and that in his opinion suffered injustices in the hands of Emperor Domitian. It focuses on Agricola's governorship of Britain that was marked by great military successes. In Tacitus words, "For, while many great personages of antiquity will be involved in a common oblivion with the mean and inglorious, Agricola shall survive, represented and consigned to future ages."This edition brings the full annotated Oxford translation with accompanying maps to aid the reader to understand better these two classical works.
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