Tacitus' Agricola

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Tacitus' Agricola is a classical Latin biography and historical work by the Roman historian Tacitus that recounts the life and military campaigns of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, particularly in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature
ancient Roman historical work
biographical work
classical Latin prose
author Tacitus
contains contrast between virtuous governance and despotism
critique of tyranny
praise of Agricola's virtues
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
dateWritten circa 98 AD
dedicatedTo Gnaeus Julius Agricola
depicts conquest of Britain
governorship of Agricola in Britain
focusesOn administration of Britain under Agricola
life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola
military career of Agricola
genre biography
historiography
hasPart account of Roman campaigns in northern Britain
biographical narrative of Agricola
ethnographic description of Britain
political reflection on Domitianic rule
historicalEventsDescribed Flavian period in Britain
Roman conquest of Britain
historicalPeriodDescribed 1st century AD
influenced later biographies of Roman generals
modern understanding of Roman Britain
language Latin
literaryForm prose
literaryStyle concise and rhetorical
mainSubject Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Roman Britain
Roman military campaigns in Britain
mentions Battle of Mons Graupius
Caledonians
linked to: Gaels

Domitian
Roman Senate
Vespasian
originalTitle De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
linked to: Tacitus' Agricola
period Silver Age of Latin literature
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
purpose commemoration of Agricola
moral and political reflection on imperial rule
relationshipToSubject Agricola was Tacitus' father-in-law
setting Britain
linked to: Great Britain

Roman Empire under Domitian
shortTitle Agricola
studiedIn Latin literature courses
ancient history
classical philology

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Roman conquest of Britain describedIn Tacitus' Agricola
Agricola (Tacitus) originalTitle De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
subject linked to: Agricola
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Agricola (Tacitus) features praise of Gnaeus Julius Agricola
subject linked to: Agricola
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Gnaeus Julius Agricola subjectOf "De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae"
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Gnaeus Julius Agricola subjectOf "Agricola" by Tacitus
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Caledonia describedIn Tacitus' Agricola
Iceni mentionedInSource Tacitus’s Agricola
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Germania (work by Tacitus) followsInCorpus Agricola (work by Tacitus)
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Battle of Mons Graupius describedIn Tacitus’ Agricola
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Ordovices mentionedInSource Tacitus, Agricola
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Tacitus' Agricola originalTitle De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
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Brigantes mentionedIn Tacitus' Agricola
Quintus Petillius Cerialis mentionedIn Tacitus’ Agricola
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Julia Procilla mentionedIn Agricola (by Tacitus)
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Caledonii mentionedIn Agricola (by Tacitus)
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