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... introducing Tacitus to a career of public distinction . His elevation , he says ( Hist . I. 1 ) was " begun by Vespasian , augmented by Titus , and still further advanced by Domitian . " What offices he may have held under the first and ...
... introducing Tacitus to a career of public distinction . His elevation , he says ( Hist . I. 1 ) was " begun by Vespasian , augmented by Titus , and still further advanced by Domitian . " What offices he may have held under the first and ...
Page xvi
... he used it with a consummate mastery of its various resources , and succeeded in giving to great thoughts a singularly characteristic expression . INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA . > THE Life xvi NOTES ON THE LIFE OF TACITUS .
... he used it with a consummate mastery of its various resources , and succeeded in giving to great thoughts a singularly characteristic expression . INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA . > THE Life xvi NOTES ON THE LIFE OF TACITUS .
Page xvii
... INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA . > THE Life of Agricola is the most perfect specimen we possess of ancient biography . It was written , we are told , in a spirit of filial affection to commemorate the virtues of a good man and the ...
... INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA . > THE Life of Agricola is the most perfect specimen we possess of ancient biography . It was written , we are told , in a spirit of filial affection to commemorate the virtues of a good man and the ...
Page xviii
... oc- cupied Hertford and Essex . This success was fol- lowed by the submission of the Regni in Sussex and of the Iceni in Norfolk and Suffolk . Plautius was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula in A. D. 47 , by xviii INTRODUCTION.
... oc- cupied Hertford and Essex . This success was fol- lowed by the submission of the Regni in Sussex and of the Iceni in Norfolk and Suffolk . Plautius was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula in A. D. 47 , by xviii INTRODUCTION.
Page xx
... was one of the Emperor's numerous victims . The text of the Agricola presents many difficulties . In three or four passages it is probably hopelessly corrupt . Great critical acumen has been brought to bear XX INTRODUCTION.
... was one of the Emperor's numerous victims . The text of the Agricola presents many difficulties . In three or four passages it is probably hopelessly corrupt . Great critical acumen has been brought to bear XX INTRODUCTION.
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