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In this volume, eminent scholar and translator Herbert W. Benario provides faithful, readable translations of three short works of Tacitus: Agricolathe fullest ancient account of Rome''s conquest of Britain and of the public career of a senator in the service of a Roman emperorGermany, a valuable source on the ancient land and its people, and Dialogue on Orators, an examination in the tradition of Cicero''s rhetorical essays of the decline of oratory in Rome''s early empire. Together, these works illuminate an important phase in Tacitus'' development as Rome''s foremost historian. Introductory essays, chapter summaries, notes, a bibliography, maps, and an index are included.

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      Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
      Publication Date: 15/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9780872208117, 978-0872208117
      ISBN10: 0872208117
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      European history: medieval period, middle ages

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      Book Synopsis

      In this volume, eminent scholar and translator Herbert W. Benario provides faithful, readable translations of three short works of Tacitus: Agricolathe fullest ancient account of Rome''s conquest of Britain and of the public career of a senator in the service of a Roman emperorGermany, a valuable source on the ancient land and its people, and Dialogue on Orators, an examination in the tradition of Cicero''s rhetorical essays of the decline of oratory in Rome''s early empire. Together, these works illuminate an important phase in Tacitus'' development as Rome''s foremost historian. Introductory essays, chapter summaries, notes, a bibliography, maps, and an index are included.

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