Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis Tacitus de Vita Et Moribus Julii Agricolae Et de Germania; Tacitus, Agricola and Germania by : Cornelius Tacitus

Download or read book Tacitus de Vita Et Moribus Julii Agricolae Et de Germania; Tacitus, Agricola and Germania written by Cornelius Tacitus. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...i.e. until the enthusiasm in Rome, over his achievements and his popularity among the soldiers in Britain, had had time to cool down.--On the singular predicate, cp. note ch. 4, 21. 19. nam, etc.: for if summoned to Rome while his victories were still fresh and there was an army at his back, Agricola might easily have deposed the tyrant.--The phrase etiam tum skillfully establishes the transition to the next chapter, dealing with the events immediately following the recall, which latter, because implied in the context, is not expressly mentioned. The motives for Domitian's conduct here given must not be accepted without some allowance. Agricola had been governor of Britain for a longer period than any of his predecessors. His campaigns were very expensive and yielded no commensurate results. Domitian had not the interest in Britain that Vespasian and Titus had; finally the Dacian revolt was upon him, so that the emperor may well have been justified in checking Agricola's lust of conquest. Chapter 40. 21. triumphalia ornamenta: e.g. the toga picta, tunica palmata, the laurel crown, the right to the title triumphal is. They were granted in lieu of a triumph, which could be celebrated only by the emperor or one of the imperial family. Agrippa was the last subject for whom this ancient honor was decreed, but he declined it twice, in 19 and 14 H.c. After the time of Hadrian, its empty substitute was also done away with. iniustris statuae: the statua triumphalis, or laureata, as it is variously called, was since the time of Augustus placed in the Forum. 22. quidquid: we should expect quidquid aliud, as in Dial. 5, 1; 19, 1. multo verborum honore: the repetition of honore is possibly designed to convey the impression of the emptiness and...