· Germania, symbol of the German nation by Andrew Hamilton TACITUS’ Germania, a short monograph on German ethnography written c. 98 AD, is of great historical significance. The transmission of the text to the present day, and certain adventures and tensions surrounding it, make for an interesting story. · The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, literally The Origin and Situation of the Germans[1]), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire. Germania fits squarely within the tradition established by authors from Herodotus to Julius Caesar. Tacitus: Germania Tacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at then end of the first century CE. In doing so, be warned, he was commenting on the Rome of his own time, as much as on the German themselves Chapter 1 Geography of Germany. "The various peoples of Germany are separated from the Gauls by theFile Size: 21KB.
Germania by Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 98) 1. The country we know under the name of Germany is separated from Gaul, on the one hand, and from Rhaetia and Pannonia, on the other, by the rivers Rhine and Danube, from Sarmatia and Dacia by the barrier of mutual fear or mountain ranges. Its northern coasts, with their broad promontories and vast. LibriVox recording of Tacitus' Germania, translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb; read by LibriVox volunteers, proofed, coordinated, and produced by Karen Merline. The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, literally The Origin and Situation of the Germans[1]), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside. Germania was completed by Tacitus very soon after Agricola and in the same year a.d. 98, wholly or chiefly to inform educated Romans about the peoples. 1 But note that, in titles of writings about peoples and countries, the word situs implied "land and its people.". It was often combined with origo or origines, and, it seems, should be.
Tacitus: Germania Tacitus, an important Roman historian, wrote the most detailed early description of the Germans at then end of the first century CE. In doing so, be warned, he was commenting on the Rome of his own time, as much as on the German themselves Chapter 1 Geography of Germany. "The various peoples of Germany are separated from the Gauls by the. Germania. The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De origine et situ Germanorum), is a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic peoples outside the Roman Empire. Germania, written by Roman author Tacitus around the turn of the 1st century A.D. is an interesting work on the tribes that made up the nation of Germany at the time of the writing. Thomas Gordon, in the introductory note of his translation of Germania, says that Tacitus “stands in the front rank of the historians of antiquity for the accuracy of his learning, the fairness of his judgments”.
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