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Tacitus - Agricola
Other Titles: Introduction, text, vocabulary, translation, notes
Authors: Mastrogianni, Anna
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORIOGRAPHY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE > AUTHORS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE > AUTHORS > BIOGRAPHERS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > BIOGRAPHY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > CLASSICAL LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY > LATIN LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > BATTLES
Keywords:
Tacitus
Agricola
Biography
Historiography
Latin Literature
Latin Philology
Classical Philology
Rome
Roman Britain
Silver age of the Latin literature
History of the Roman Empire
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Abstract:
This textbook is a serviceable edition of Tacitus’s Agricola, which, despite being an early work, clearly showcases the style and ideology of the Roman historian. Through the biography of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, a successful general and governor of Roman Britain, Tacitus undertakes an indirect defense of the senatorial stance toward the authoritarian regime of his time. This volume is based on material gathered from many years of university teaching on this work of Tacitus, and it is primarily aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as those interested in Roman history and literature. The introduction is divided into three chapters: the first presents the life and work of Tacitus, as well as issues of style, ideology, and reception; the second focuses on the Agricola, analyzing its purpose, dating, structure, and relationship with literature and historiography; and the third provides historical and geographical information on Roman Britain, the Roman military organization, and Agricola himself. The remaining seven chapters follow the original work's structure, presenting the Latin text, a modern Greek translation, vocabulary, and extensive interpretative notes enriched with historical information, parallel sources, and stylistic observations. The textbook contains rich multimedia material (images, tables, videos, timelines) to enhance comprehension, while the translation strives to render the original text accurately without literary ambitions. Overall, the book aims to serve as a reliable and systematic guide to a work that continues to attract interest not only as a historical source on Roman Britain but also for its timeless thematic relevance.
Linguistic Editors: Kanari, Eleftheria
Graphic Editors: Theodoraki, Alexandra
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 21-10-2025
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-358-5
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1107
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/15158
Bibliographic Reference: Mastrogianni, A. (2025). Tacitus - Agricola [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1107
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. P. Cornelius Tacitus, Life and work
2. Introduction to Tacitus’s Agricola
3. Agricola and the Roman province of Britain
4. Preface (§§ 1–3)
5. The Ancestry and career of Agricola (§§ 4–9)
6. Digression on Britain (§§ 10–17)
7. Agricola’s seven-year governorship of Britain (§§ 18–29)
8. The Battle at Mount Graupius (§§ 30–38)
9. Agricola's return to Rome (§§ 39–43)
10. Epilogue (§§ 44–46)
Number of pages 346
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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