Tacitus: Germania

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tacitus: Germania
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tacitus
Volume editor J.G. Anderson
SeriesClassic Commentaries
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 137
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
Archaeology by period and region
ISBN/Barcode 9781853995033
ClassificationsDewey:936.3
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Edition New edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Publication Date 1 January 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Tacitus's Germania has been an abiding interest for all who study the Roman world from a northern European perspective. Anderson's edition, first published in 1938, was designed to replace that of Furneaux and to take particular account of the light thrown by archaeology on Tacitus's account of the Germanic peoples. It is so thorough an edition, it has never been replaced, and is reprinted now in paperback. The commentary gives comprehensive cover of matters historical-archaeological and linguistic. Updated to include the findings of archaeological investigation over the century, it serves to lift the veil that shrouded the pre-history of the Germanic peoples and the process of their expansion over central Europe.

Author Biography

J.G.C. Anderson was Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford, UK.