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  Agricola: AND The Germania (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)(English / Latin) By (author) Tacitus, Translated by H. Mattingly, Introduction by H. Mattingly, Edited by James B. Rives

  

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  Short Description for Agricola: AND The Germania Offers a portrait of Julius Agricola - the governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' father-in-law - and an account of Britain that has come down to us. This book provides descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of the country, and an account of the early stages of the Roman occupation.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 22 February 1973
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Prose: Non-fiction | Literary Essays | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • ISBN 13: 9780140442410 ISBN 10: 0140442413
  • Sales rank: 413,790

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Full description for Agricola: AND The Germania

• "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 behaviour of 'barbarian' peoples favourably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome.