Agricola and Germania (Penguin Classics)

Author:	Tacitus, Cornelius Rivers, J. B. (Edt) Mattingly, H. (Translated by)
Binding:	Paperback
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ISBN:	9780140455403
Publisher:	Penguin Group
Language:	English
Page Count:	224
Publication Date:	3/30/2010
Size:	7.90" l x 5.37" w x 0.41"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
History & Geography	Ancient
History & Geography	Military
Literary Collections	Essays

The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola – the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus’ well-loved and respected father-in-law – and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of the country, and a succinct account of the early stages of the Roman occupation, nearly fatally undermined by Boudicca’s revolt in AD 61 but consolidated by campaigns that took Agricola as far as Anglesey and northern Scotland. The warlike German tribes are the focus of Tacitus’ attention in the Germania, which, like the Agricola, often compares the behavior of ‘barbarian’ peoples favorably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome.