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"The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus" by Cornelius Tacitus is a historical text composed in the late 1st century AD. This work includes two significant writings by Tacitus: "Germania," which provides a description of the geography and customs of the Germanic tribes, and "Agricola," a biographical account of his father-in-law, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, known for his military campaigns in Britain. The texts reflect on the social structures, traditions, and bravery of the Germans while also portraying Agricola's contributions to Roman rule in Britain, emphasizing themes of virtue and the complexities of imperial governance. At the start of the work, the introduction sets the stage by outlining very little known about Tacitus' personal life, linking it to the historical context in which he wrote. It transitions into the "Germania," describing the geography and characteristics of the Germanic people, emphasizing their varied customs, martial valor, and communal structures. Tacitus detail

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By Tacitus

With An Introduction By Edward Brooks, Jr.

INTRODUCTION.

Very little is known concerning the life of Tacitus, the historian,
except that which he tells us in his own writings and those incidents
which are related of him by his contemporary, Pliny.

His full name was Caius Cornelius Tacitus. The date of his birth can
only be arrived at by conjecture, and then only approximately. The
younger Pliny speaks of him as prope modum aequales, about the same
age. Pliny was born in 61. Tacitus, however, occupied the office of
quaestor under Vespasian in 78 A.D., at which time he must, therefore,
have been at least twenty-five years of age. This would fix the date of
his birth not later than 53 A.D. It is probable, therefore, that Tacitus
was Pliny's senior by several years.

His parentage is also a matter of pure conjecture. The name Cornelius
was a common one among the Romans, so that from it we can draw no
inference. The fact that at an early age he occupied a prominent
public office indicates that he was born of good family, and it is not
impossible that his father was a certain Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman
knight, who was procurator in Belgic Gaul, and whom the elder Pliny
speaks of in his "Natural History."

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