Agricola - Germania - Dialogo sull'oratoria

The Latin is yummy, yummy. Sometimes obscure, but that's just Tacitus. Agricola is quite the distinguished gentleman. Too bad he lived during the reign of a jealous cunt.

The speech Tacitus concocts for the Britons made me want to join up and fight the Romans. I will also never forget his one-paragraph epic about a cohort of Germans in the Roman army who mutinied, stole three ships, sailed around Britain raiding the coast for supplies with decreasing success, until t Leggi tutto

In 2023, a viral TikTok trend encouraged women to ask how often their men think about the Roman Empire. To the shock of many women, it turns out many men think quite a lot about the imperial eagle. I can’t dispute this, because I myself think about it several times a month, if not more. In the words Leggi tutto

Tre trattati di Tacito. Il latino è talvolta un po' oscuro, ma è proprio il suo stile. Il dialogus de oratoribus, quello che volevo leggere con più voglia, mi ha deluso un po', ma si trovano notizie ed aneddoti interessanti sugli oratori repubblicani ed imperiali. Carino Agricola. Molto bello German Leggi tutto

Read for Classics module. Two stars were for the Agricola and Germany texts - they’re fine - Germany is particularly interesting. Why the star rating is so low is because of the horrific formatting etc. My edition - some of the words are barely legible and sometimes the text isn’t even straight on th Leggi tutto

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I am not a scholar of Tacitus or Roman literature. I read this book specifically for 'Germany', in which Tacitus provides a valuable overview of the culture and origin of Germany in Roman times. Agricola is an obituary of sorts for Tacitus' father in law. In it he describes Agricola's conquest of Br Leggi tutto

The book on Agricola is interesting as a character study in how one in political office should conduct oneself with humility and grace, disdaining corruption and acting virtuously in power - minus the imperialistic conquest of barbarian lands. The book on Germania is equally interesting to see how ar Leggi tutto