About this title: 'Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great 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'. The ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009-06-15
ISBN-13:9780199539260ISBN:019953926X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199539260ISBN:019953926X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (224) cornelius tacitus, rome's greatest historian, was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of domitian ended `fifteen years of enforced silence'. agricola is the biography of his late father-in-law and an account of roman britain. germania gives insight into rome's most dangerous enemies, the germans, and is the only surviving specimen from the ancient world of an ethnographic study. each in its way has had immense influence on our perception of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780192833006ISBN:0192833006
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (224) cornelius tacitus, rome's greatest historian, was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of domitian ended `fifteen years of enforced silence'. agricola is the biography of his late father-in-law and an account of roman britain. germania gives insight into rome's most dangerous enemies, the germans, and is the only surviving specimen from the ancient world of an ethnographic study. each in its way has had immense influence on our perception of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-09-23
ISBN-13:9780192833006ISBN:0192833006
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-09-23
ISBN-13:9780192833006ISBN:0192833006
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"I only read "The Germania." It is good to know that the ancient Germans didn't back down on a good fight (especially after some Alcohol). If only the modern day German would experience atavism and regain what they have lost!
Tactius also thought the Germans to be of "pure blood." Nice."
"These works, by an ancient Roman historian, tell the story of the historian's father-in-law's adventures as the Roman governor of Britain. They also tell the story of Britain and Germany in ancient times. I was struck by how modern many of the author's comments were about societies."
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