notably by D. B. Campbell's arguments that he was consul in 76 and
by M.-Th. Raepsaet-Charlier's re-examination of the whole cursus
honorum.

On one point of detail in the translation, it should be mentioned
that I have avoided the term 'tribe' to describe the native peoples or
states of Britain and Germany, for which Tacitus uses a variety of
terms, such as civitas, gens, natio. 'Tribe' is, I think, a misleading
expression. It need hardly be added that the word 'race' has not
been used either (as it once was). Instead I have used terms such
as 'state(s)', 'people(s)', 'community', occasionally 'nation',
according to the context. (For civitas, see the Glossary.)

"Agricola" and Germany were each divided into forty-six 'chap-
ters' by an earlier editor, numbering which has no ancient author-
ity. I have retained it simply so that readers may, for example,
be able to find more easily here passages which they have found
referred to elsewhere. In addition, I have supplied headings to the
sections into which the two works seem to be divided, e.g. Agri-
cola's Life up to his Appointment as Governor of Britain, Britain and
its Peoples, or Arms and Military Tactics.

Helpful criticism and comments by Judith Luna of Oxford Uni-
versity Press, Julian Ward, the copy-editor, and Dr Christopher
Pelling have much improved the text submitted in September
1997. For remaining imperfections I remain responsible.

A.R.B.

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