The Agricola and Germania of Cornelius Tacitus
Title | The Agricola and Germania of Cornelius Tacitus PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | Rome |
ISBN |
The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus
Title | The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 1868 |
Genre | Latin literature |
ISBN |
The Agricola and the Germania (100 Copy Collector's Edition)
Title | The Agricola and the Germania (100 Copy Collector's Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Tacitus |
Publisher | Royal Classics |
Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 2020-02-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781772269963 |
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.
A Most Dangerous Book
Title | A Most Dangerous Book PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher B. Krebs |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 305 |
Release | 2011-05-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0393062651 |
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.
Agricola, Germany, and Dialogue on Orators
Title | Agricola, Germany, and Dialogue on Orators PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780872208117 |
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.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus
Title | The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 1897 |
Genre | Germanic peoples |
ISBN |
The Annals; The Histories
Title | The Annals; The Histories PDF eBook |
Author | P. Cornelius Tacitus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Rome |
ISBN | 9780852291634 |