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Books on: tacitus germania

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The Germania of Tacitus

Book by Rodney Potter Robinson, Cornelius Tacitus; American Philological Association, 1935

Subjects:

Germanic Peoples, Tacitus, Cornelius--Germania

Collections: Entire Library

...WILLIAM ABBOTT OLDFATHER THE GERMANIA OF TACITUS A CRITICAL EDITION BY...title, " Decumates Agri in Tacitus Germania ," and is devoted to a searching...Capitalization 268 THE GERMANIA OF TACITUS 269 -326...
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Tacitus Reviewed

Book by A. J. Woodman; Clarendon Press, 1998

Subjects:

Rome--Historiography, Rome--History--The Five Julii, 30 B.C.-68 A.D, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales

Collections: History, Entire Library

Tacitus was Rome's greatest historian, and the Annals his greatest work. This book collects A.J. Woodman's writings on Tacitus over the past twenty-five years, focusing almost exclusively on the Annals. Woodman offers new or different interpretations of some of the most famous passages in the work ...
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Tacitus was Rome's greatest historian, and the Annals his greatest work. This book collects A.J. Woodman's writings on Tacitus over the past twenty-five years, focusing almost exclusively on the Annals. Woodman offers new or different interpretations of some of the most famous passages in the work, and argues that, through familiarity, generations of scholars have misread significant passages, thereby gaining and perpetuating a distorted view of what Tacitus had to say, especially about Tiberius. His iconoclastic insights will have major implications for those who wish to use the Annals as a source for what happened in the first century AD.
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The History of Make-Believe: Tacitus on Imperial Rome

Book by Holly Haynes; University of California Press, 2003

Subjects:

Rome--History--Civil War, 68-69--Historiography, Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Historiae

Collections: History, Entire Library

"In "The History of Make-Believe, Holly Haynes acutely queries the relationship of historiography, historical reality, and symbolic representations of lived historical processes. This is a serious book, informed by wide reading, and full of startlingly original insights on some of the most prominent ...
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"In "The History of Make-Believe, Holly Haynes acutely queries the relationship of historiography, historical reality, and symbolic representations of lived historical processes. This is a serious book, informed by wide reading, and full of startlingly original insights on some of the most prominent and significant themes in Tacitus's works. Indeed, it deserves close attention by anyone interested in the political and social strategies of high Imperial Rome."--T. Corey Brennan, author of "The Praetorship in the Roman Republic
"In Tacitus the historical truth is conveyed in literary truth-telling. Instead of leaving the two separated as we do, Holly Haynes shows that Tacitus put them together in what she calls the combination 'make-believe.' Her book shines with originality and intelligence while opening the way to Tacitus's canny wisdom."--Harvey Mansfield, author of "Machiavelli's Virtue
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Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus

Book by Ellen O'Gorman; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Irony, Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales, Tacitus, Cornelius--Technique

Collections: Entire Library

This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. In analysis of particular passages close attention is given to the structure of the Latin, which is fully translated. Issues relating ...
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This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. In analysis of particular passages close attention is given to the structure of the Latin, which is fully translated. Issues relating to the study of narrative, Roman politics and theories of history are addressed in the course of the discussion.
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Germania

Book by J. B. Rives, Cornelius Tacitus; Clarendon Press, 1999

Subjects:

Germanic Peoples

Collections: Entire Library

The Germania of Tacitus is the most extensive account of the ancient Germans written during the Roman period, but has been relatively neglected in the scholarship of the English-speaking world: the last commentary appeared in 1938, and only a handful of studies have appeared since that time. In ...
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The Germania of Tacitus is the most extensive account of the ancient Germans written during the Roman period, but has been relatively neglected in the scholarship of the English-speaking world: the last commentary appeared in 1938, and only a handful of studies have appeared since that time. In recent decades, however, there have been important scholarly developments that significantly affect our understanding of it. Ongoing archaeological work in western and central Europe has greatly increased our knowledge of the iron-age cultures in those regions, while new anthropological and literary approaches have called into question some of the traditional assumptions that shaped the use of this text as a historical source. This new commentary, together with the extensive introduction, provides a current and comprehensive guide to the relevant textual and archaeological evidence and also examines the methodological issues involved in the interpretation of this important work.
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Journal Articles on: tacitus germania

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Turning to Tacitus

Journal article by James Bacchus; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

Freedom--Analysis, Liberty--Analysis, Rule of law--Analysis, Tacitus--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...freedom-loving, and as free. (45) In Germania, Tacitus described a people who shared...these and other remarks in Germania, Tacitus was denouncing the Romans of...hereinafter Hexter. (2.) Tacitus, Germania, in Hexter, supra note 1, at...
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Irishmen, Aristocrats, and Other White Barbarians

Journal article by Debora Shuger; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 50, 1997

Subjects:

Criticism, Textual--Analysis, Irish literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...can be inferred from his silence on this matter. 17 Caesar, 35. 18 Tacitus, Germania 14-15. 19 Caesar, 36; Tacitus, Germania 26. See also Ong, 564. 20 Tacitus, Germania 16. 21 Caesar 33, 36; Tacitus, Germania 7, 13-14; Agricola 12. 22...
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The 'Palmtwigede' Pater Noster: Horticultural Semantics and the Old English Solomon and Saturn I

Journal article by Thomas D. Hill; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005

Subjects:

Anglo-Saxon poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Lord's prayer--Criticism and interpretation, Old English poetry, 450-1100--Criticism and interpretation, Solomon and Saturn I (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the account of auspicia sortesque in Tacitus Germania. (12) According to the ritual which Tacitus...on Job xx. 17), CCSL 143A, 761. (12) Tacitus, Germania X.I. For discussion see Tacitus: Germania, ed. J. G. C. Anderson (Oxford, 1938...
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Wisdom from the Dead: The Ljodatal Section of Havamal

Journal article by John Mckinnell; Medium Aevum, Vol. 76, 2007

Subjects:

Havamal (Poem)--Authorship, Havamal (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Old Norse poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Old Norse poetry--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Wodan/Odinn) is described in Tacitus, Germania, ch. 9, which was completed...description of such a process is in Tacitus, Germania, ch. 10: Virgam frugiferae...III.1, 151. (66) See e.g. Tacitus, Germania, ch. 20 (ed. Anderson, trans...
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Pegn and Drengr in the Viking Age

Journal article by Lauren Goetting; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 78, 2006

Subjects:

Old Norse poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Old Norse sagas--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...comitatus, a term first used by Tacitus in Germania to describe the bond and reciprocal...Language Notes 41 (197-6): 370-5. Tacitus. Germania. Trans. Maurice Hutton. Loeb...comitatus in chapter 13 of the Germania: "Gradus quin etiam ipse comitatus...

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Magazine Articles on: tacitus germania

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Misusing History and Manipulating History - Dubious Interpretations Promote Present Goals

Magazine article by James Appleyard, Lee Casterline; World and I, Vol. 15, May 2000

Subjects:

Archaeologists--Behavior, Culture--Evaluation, History--Political aspects, United States history--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...political entities.22 One of the preeminent leaders in the search for identity was nineteenth-century Germany. Using Tacitus Germania and other classic works, archaeologists of the day such as Gustav Kossinna set into motion what could be termed the...
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Pop Romanizing

Magazine article by Victor Davis Hanson; National Review, Vol. 59, May 28, 2007

Subjects:

Are We Rome? the Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Germany to the anthropology evident in Caesars Gallic War, Sallusts Jugurtha, Plinys Natural History, or the Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, which all reveal Romes near-obsession with the political and natural history of its neighbors. When we get...
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The Ups and Downs of Honor

Magazine article by Eugen Weber; American Scholar, Vol. 68, Winter 1999

Subjects:

Heroes--Social aspects, Honor--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...prey and plunder as much for prestige as for material gain, where bands of young warriors like those that Tacitus described in ancient Germania--gangs held together by interest in booty, hope of fame, and fear of shame--gather around a leader selected...
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Unpeaceful Symbol: A Look at the History of the So-Called Peace Symbol Reveals That It Originated in Ancient Pagan Rituals, and That Its Use Has Been Primarily as a Token Not of Peace, but of Evil

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 19, May 5, 2003

Subjects:

Norse mythology, Peace movements--Analysis, Peace movements--History, Roman history, 509-30 BC (Republic), Runes, Signs and symbols--History, Signs and symbols--Religious aspects, Symbolism--Analysis, Symbolism--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...divine power of runes, the northern tribes put great stock in their use for occult ends. In his Germania, for instance, the Roman historian Tacitus described one such practice: Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently...
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The Second Fall of Rome

Magazine article by Michael Lind; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Winter 2000

Subjects:

Civilization, Classical--Influence, Civilization, Western--Sources, Latin literature--Influence, Rome (Ancient)--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...But pagan Rome, with its Capitol and coliseums and boulevards and triumphal arches, provided the model for his new Berlin, "Germania," the grandiose and never-built capitol for his European empire. The Nazi salute was modeled on the Roman salute, with "Hail...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: tacitus germania

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Tacitus , Roman Historian

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the origin and location of the Germans, commonly called the Germania or Germany, supplies (along with the earlier account of...the Germanic tribes. Archaeology bears out the accuracy of Tacitus, but the work is not objective; it is a picture of the simple...
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Anglo-Saxons

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...King Vortigern , who needed help fighting the Picts and Scots. The Angles (Lat. Angli ), who are mentioned in Tacitus Germania, seem to have come from what is now Schleswig in the later decades of the 5th cent. Their settlements in the eastern...
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Germans

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...distribution of the Germans are Tacitus Germania and Agricola and the remnants...The Suebi, or Suevi, mentioned by Tacitus as a central German people, gave...constituted a political unit, although Tacitus maintained that they retained cultural...
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Germanic Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...practices among the tribes of Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia. The main sources for our knowledge are the Germania of Tacitus and the Elder Edda and the Younger Edda. Although it is possible to perceive certain basic concepts that were...

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