Tag: Tacitus
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Three Fragments of Tacitus
I remembered Tacitus as a grumpy stick-in-the-mud, and, while that’s not necessarily an incorrect characterization, I actually enjoyed re-reading him more than I expected. Three passages which stood out to me, all from the Agricola: There is no great difference in language [between the Gauls and the Britons], and there is the same hardihood in…
Dan Yingst 