The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus: And the Dialogue on OratoryMacmillan, 1877 - 205 Seiten |
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... BRITAIN FROM CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR TO CNEUS JULIUS AGRICOLA . TRANSLATION OF THE LIFE OF CNÆUS JULIUS AGRICOLA xi xviii I NOTES ON THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA . • 47 INTRODUCTION TO THE GERMANY . 73 GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES TO THE GERMANY 78 ...
... BRITAIN FROM CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR TO CNEUS JULIUS AGRICOLA . TRANSLATION OF THE LIFE OF CNÆUS JULIUS AGRICOLA xi xviii I NOTES ON THE LIFE OF AGRICOLA . • 47 INTRODUCTION TO THE GERMANY . 73 GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES TO THE GERMANY 78 ...
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... Britain . To have achieved this difficult work was , no doubt , in the judgment of Tacitus , Agricola's chief claim to distinction . His glory culminated in his great victory over the Caledonian tribes at the foot of the " Mons Gram ...
... Britain . To have achieved this difficult work was , no doubt , in the judgment of Tacitus , Agricola's chief claim to distinction . His glory culminated in his great victory over the Caledonian tribes at the foot of the " Mons Gram ...
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... Britain is not so intri- cate as that of Germany ; but the Agricola raises questions which are by no means free from difficulty . It is easy to follow the campaigns of the first two summers , A.D. 78 and A.D. 79. In A.D. 78 Agricola ...
... Britain is not so intri- cate as that of Germany ; but the Agricola raises questions which are by no means free from difficulty . It is easy to follow the campaigns of the first two summers , A.D. 78 and A.D. 79. In A.D. 78 Agricola ...
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... Britain is an island . " It does not follow that he meant to say that the Romans actually circumnavigated Britain on this occasion . It is enough to suppose that they sailed from the Frith of Forth along the eastern coast as far as Cape ...
... Britain is an island . " It does not follow that he meant to say that the Romans actually circumnavigated Britain on this occasion . It is enough to suppose that they sailed from the Frith of Forth along the eastern coast as far as Cape ...
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... Britain , though Dion Cassius 2 implies that it was accomplished . There is no real difficulty about the word " circumvehi , " which Tacitus uses , and which , at first sight , might seem to demand such a meaning . " Circumvehi , " as ...
... Britain , though Dion Cassius 2 implies that it was accomplished . There is no real difficulty about the word " circumvehi , " which Tacitus uses , and which , at first sight , might seem to demand such a meaning . " Circumvehi , " as ...
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