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Tacitus: Agricola

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Edited by , University of Virginia
With , Yale University, Connecticut
Published 2014

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The first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years AD 77–84, is a literary masterpiece: it combines penetrating political history with gripping military narrative and throughout poses the question (still very much alive today) of how one should live one's life under a tyranny. This is the first commentary in English on the Agricola for almost half a century:…

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  • The first commentary in English on this literary masterpiece for almost half a century
  • Returns the Agricola to its proper place as a literary document, illuminating Tacitus' career as a writer and his reaction to Domitianic Rome
  • Clearly explains the Latin, illustrating both diction and syntax with parallels from other relevant texts and thereby giving readers a fuller understanding of the literary work

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