Agricola and Germania by Cornelius Tacitus Paperback Book

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Rent Agricola and Germania

Author: Cornelius Tacitus

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: Mar 2010

Genre: History - Ancient - Rome

Retail Price: $15.00

Pages: 121

Synopsis

A newly revised edition of two seminal works on Imperial Rome

Undeniably one of Rome's most important historians, Tacitus was also one of its most gifted. The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola-the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus's respected father-in-law-and the first known detailed portrayal of the British Isles. In the Germania, Tacitus focuses on the warlike German tribes beyond the Rhine, often comparing the behavior of "barbarian" peoples favorably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome.



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