Ebook {Epub PDF} The Agricola and the Germania by Tacitus

 · Tacitus, the Agricola and Germania by Tacitus, Cornelius; Tacitus, Cornelius. Publication date Publisher London: Methuen Co. Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. Addeddate Call number srlf_ucla:LAGEUser Interaction Count: 39K.  · The Agricola, about Roman Britain, is roughly the same length. Agricola, the general primarily responsible for the Roman conquest of Britain and governor of Britannia from 77–85 AD, was Tacitus’ father-in-law. The Germania has been the most influential source for the early Germanic peoples since the Renaissance. Agricola and Germania are two of Roman Historian Tacitus' most famous works. In this book you can read both of his fine works. Agricola is the story of Tacitus' father-in-law, a Roman officer that was involved in the conquest of Britain/5().

"The Agricola and The Germania" are two important historical works by Cornelius Tacitus, an ancient Roman Senator and historian. The Agricola is a biography of the Roman general Gnaeus Julius Agricola as well as a geographic and ethnographic history of Ancient Britain. The Agricola and The Germania by Tacitus. 5, ratings, average rating, reviews. The Agricola and The Germania Quotes Showing of "They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor. They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by. Text to this point from Tacitus, The Agricola and Germania, A. J. Church and W. J. Brodribb, trans., (London: Macmillan, ), pp. 10 Tacitus goes on to give a geographical account of the locations of the main German tribes. The following, which completes the text of the Germania, is from an 18th-century different translation byThomas Gordon.

The Agricola and the Germania, by Cornelius Tacitus, serves two purposes as a historical document. First, the book serves to pay tribute to one of the greatest commanders over Britain in Roman history, that of Commander Agricola. Tacitus, the Agricola and Germania Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Agricola and Germania are two of Roman Historian Tacitus' most famous works. In this book you can read both of his fine works. Agricola is the story of Tacitus' father-in-law, a Roman officer that was involved in the conquest of Britain.