{"product_id":"9781607784395","title":"Agricola and Germania: Translation based on Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb (1876)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAgricola (ca. 98), Translation based on Alfred John Church and William   Jackson Brodribb\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGermania, or The Origin and Situation of the Germans, Translation based on   Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb\u003cbr\u003eGermania, or The Origin and   Situation of the Germans, Translated by Thomas Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCornelius Tacitus Biography\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e******************\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGermania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Latin: \u003ci\u003eDe Origine et situ Germanorum\u003c\/i\u003e, lit.   \u003ci\u003eThe Origin and Situation of the Germans\u003c\/i\u003e), written by Gaius Cornelius   Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the   Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis work survived only in one single manuscript that was found in Hersfeld   Abbey, Holy Roman Empire and brought to Italy in 1455 where Enea Silvio   Piccolomini, the later Pope Pius II, first examined and analyzed it, whereby he   sparked interest among German humanists such as Conrad Celtes, Johannes   Aventinus, and especially Ulrich von Hutten into the \u003ci\u003eGermania\u003c\/i\u003e as an   authentic source on ancient Germany.\u003csup\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003eEver since then, treatment of   the text regarding the culture of the early Germanic peoples in ancient Germany   remains strong especially in German history, philology, and ethnology studies,   and to a lesser degree in Scandinavian countries as well.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgricola\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Latin: \u003ci\u003eDe vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae\u003c\/i\u003e,   lit. \u003ci\u003eAbout the life and character of Julius Agricola\u003c\/i\u003e) is a book by the   Roman historian Tacitus, written c 98, which recounts the life of his   father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general. It also covers,   briefly, the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain. As in the   \u003ci\u003eGermania\u003c\/i\u003e, Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons   to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire; the book also contains eloquent and   vicious polemics against the rapacity and greed of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184182313200,"sku":"9781607784395","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607784395_p0.jpg?v=1763834164","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607784395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}