The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus

Title: The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus
Author: Cornelius Tacitus
Release: 2005-02-01
Kind: ebook
Genre: Literary Fiction, Books, Fiction & Literature
Size: 129427
"The Agricola" is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law - and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of the country, and a succinct account of the early stages of the Roman occupation, nearly fatally undermined by Boudicca's revolt in AD 61 but consolidated by campaigns that took Agricola as far as Anglesey and northern Scotland. The warlike German tribes are the focus of Tacitus' attention in the "Germania", which, like the "Agricola", often compares the behaviour of 'barbarian' peoples favourably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome.

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