Tacitus, Agricola and Germany
Descriere
`Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended `fifteen years of enforced silence'. The first products were brief: the biography of his late father-in-law Julius Agricola and an account of Rome's most dangerous enemies, the Germans. Since Agricola's claim to fame was that as governor for seven years he had completed the conquest of Britain, begun four decades earlier, much of the first work is devoted to Britain and its people. The second is the only surviving specimen from the ancient world of an ethnographic study. Each in its way has had immense influence on our perception of Rome and the northern `barbarians'. This edition reflects recent research in Roman-British and Roman-German history and includes newly discovered evidence on Tacitus' early career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. ISBN-10: 019953926X Foreign Language Study, English as a Second Language, History, Ancient, Rome, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Literary Collections, Essays, Literary Criticism Edition: Reissue Pages: 224 Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2.03 cm Weight: 0.165 kg
Despre autor
Gaius – sau Publius – Cornelius Tacitus a fost un om politic și unul din cei mai importanți istorici romani, considerat părintele istoriografiei latine. Se cunosc puține amănunte din viața lui. Tot ce se știe despre Tacit provine fie din scrierile lui sau din scrisorile lui Pliniu cel Tânăr, bunul său prieten.
