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Agricola ^Iand^R Germany
Tacitus
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Description for Agricola ^Iand^R Germany
Paperback. Editor(s): Birley, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
`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 ... Read more
`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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
166g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199539260
SKU
V9780199539260
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About Tacitus
Anthony Birley was Professor of Ancient History at Manchester University 1974-1990. His most recent book is "Hadrian, the Restless Emperor" (1997).
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