TRIBES OF ANCIENT BRITAIN AND GERMANY

Publius Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (AD56-AD117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works, the Annals and the Histories, examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. The works span the history from the death of Augustus in AD14 to the death of Emperor Domitian in AD96. Tacitus as a young man studied rhetoric in Rome to prepare for a career in law and politics. In 112 or 113 he held the highest civilian governorship, that of the Roman province of Asia in Western Anatolia and wrote and published the Agricola and Germania and is considered one of the greatest Roman historians, living in what was called the Silver Age of Latin literature. As well as the brevity and compactness of his Latin prose, he is known for his penetrating insights into the psychology of power politics. Here, the text to 'Tribes of Ancient Britain' and 'A Treatise on the Situation, Manners and Inhabitants of Germany' has been edited and introduced by historian Bob Carruthers. With footnotes, 105pp in softback.