The Agricola and Germania of Tacitus, with a revised text, Engl. notes [&c.], by A.J. Church and W.J. Brodribb |
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... Provinces . If we suppose Tacitus to have re- mained at Rome we may conjecture that he filled the office of Aedile , and as Vespasian , his first patron died June 23 , A. D. 79 , that he was appointed to it early in that year . His next ...
... Provinces . If we suppose Tacitus to have re- mained at Rome we may conjecture that he filled the office of Aedile , and as Vespasian , his first patron died June 23 , A. D. 79 , that he was appointed to it early in that year . His next ...
Page xiii
... Province of Africa against their late Proconsul , Marcus Priscus . Pliny , who relates the trial at length ( Epist . II . 11 ) , describes his oratory by the epithet oeuvos . Here the public life of Tacitus terminated . We hear indeed ...
... Province of Africa against their late Proconsul , Marcus Priscus . Pliny , who relates the trial at length ( Epist . II . 11 ) , describes his oratory by the epithet oeuvos . Here the public life of Tacitus terminated . We hear indeed ...
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... province cannot be said to have been even attempted earlier than the reign of Claudius . It had indeed been twice invaded by Caesar in B. c . 55 and 54 , but Caesar , as Tacitus observes , was rather the discoverer than the conqueror of ...
... province cannot be said to have been even attempted earlier than the reign of Claudius . It had indeed been twice invaded by Caesar in B. c . 55 and 54 , but Caesar , as Tacitus observes , was rather the discoverer than the conqueror of ...
Page xix
... province . Camulodunum was practically the capital . Succeeding governors did little to extend the Roman dominion . In A.D. 61 the province was all but lost . The Iceni under Boudicea suddenly rose in rebellion , stormed Camulodunum and ...
... province . Camulodunum was practically the capital . Succeeding governors did little to extend the Roman dominion . In A.D. 61 the province was all but lost . The Iceni under Boudicea suddenly rose in rebellion , stormed Camulodunum and ...
Page xx
... province . The speeches of the rival generals which introduce it , are elaborate specimens of Tacitean eloquence . That of the Caledonian chief is conceived in the true spirit of the barbarian and is marked by a fierce impetuosity ...
... province . The speeches of the rival generals which introduce it , are elaborate specimens of Tacitean eloquence . That of the Caledonian chief is conceived in the true spirit of the barbarian and is marked by a fierce impetuosity ...
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Page 18 - etiam inter cetera eiectamenta maris iacebat, donee luxuria nostra dedit nomen. Ipsis in nullo usu; rude legitur, informe perfertur, pretiumque mirantes accipiunt. Sucum tamen arborum esse intelligas, quia terrena quaedam atque etiam volucria animalia plerumque interlucent, quae implicata humore mox durescente materia cluduntur. Fecundiora igitur nemora lucosque, sicut orientis secretis, ubi tura
Page 6 - se ac venire patitur. Ea est in re prava pervicacia ; ipsi fidem vocant. Servos condicionis huius per commercia tradunt, ut se quoque pudore victoriae exsolvant. XXV. Ceteris servis non in nostrum morem descriptis per familiam ministeriis utuntur. Suam quisque sedem, suos
Page 10 - assembled forces of the Caledonians under Galgacus. XXV. Ceterum aestate, qua sextum officii annum inchoabat, amplexus civitates trans Bodotriam sitas, quia motus universarum ultra gentium et infesta hostilis exercitus itinera timebantur, portus classe exploravit. Quae ab Agricola primum assumpta in partem virium sequebatur egregia specie, quum simul terra simul mari bellum impelleretur, ac saepe
Page 11 - propinqua luce fulsere signa. Ita ancipiti malo territi Britanni; et Romania rediit animus, ac securi pro salute de gloria certabant. TJltro quin etiam erupere, et fuit atrox in ipsis portarum angustiis proelium, donee pulsi hostes, utroque exercitu certante, his, ut tulisse opem, illis, ne eguisse auxilio viderentur. Quod nisi paludes et silvae fugientes texissent, debellatum ilia victoria foret. XXVII. Cuius
Page 18 - taedae accenditur, alitque flammam, pinguem et olentem; mox ut in picem resinamve lentescit. Suionibus Sitonum gentes continuantur. Cetera similes uno differunt, quod femina dominatur. In tantum non modo a libertate, sed etiam a servitute degenerant. Hie Sueviae finis. XLVI. Tribes of doubtful nationality about, the Vistula. The Peucini, Veneti, Fenni. Savage and miserable life of the Fenni. Fabulous tribes. XLVI. Peucinorum