Agricola and the Germania (Penguin Classics)

DIVBA newly revised edition of two seminal works on Imperial Rome/BbrBR Undeniably one of Rome's most important historians, Tacitus was also one of its most gifted. IThe Agricola/I is both a portrait of Julius Agricola-the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus's respected father-in-law-and the first known detailed portrayal of the British Isles. In the IGermania/I, Tacitus focuses on the warlike German tribes beyond the Rhine, often comparing the behavior of "barbarian" peoples favorably with the decadence and corruption of Imperial Rome.brBRBRBR/DIV