Author: Tacitus
Publisher: Royal Classics
Published: 2020-02-04
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781772269963
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Agricola and the Germania were written by the Roman historian Tacitus around 98 AD. The Germania describes the lands, laws, and customs of individual Germanic tribes. The Agricola, recounts the life of Tacitus' father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain. It also covers, briefly, the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain. As in the Germania, Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire; the book also contains eloquent and forceful polemics against the rapacity and greed of Rome. Tacitus's writings are known for their dense prose that seldom glosses the facts, in contrast to the style of some of his contemporaries. In most of his writings he keeps to a chronological narrative order, only seldom outlining the bigger picture, leaving the readers to construct that picture for themselves. Tacitus's historical style offers penetrating--often pessimistic--insights into the psychology of power politics, blending straightforward descriptions of events, moral lessons, and tightly focused dramatic accounts. This cloth-bound book includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket, and is limited to 100 copies.
Author: Christopher B. Krebs
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2011-05-02
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0393062651
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traces the five-hundred year history and wide-ranging influence of the Roman historian's unflattering book about the ancient Germans that was eventually extolled by the Nazis as a bible.
Author: Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780872208117
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A reprint of the University of Oklahoma Press edition of 1991 Eminent scholar and translator, Herbert W. Benario, provides a faithful, readable translation of these works, introductory essays, chapter summaries, and notes. A bibliography, maps, and an index are included.
Author: P. Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780852291634
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