Agricola, Germany, and Dialogue on Orators

by Tacitus, Herbert W. Benario

Overview

In this volume, eminent scholar and translator Herbert W. Benario provides faithful, readable translations of three short works of Tacitus: Agricola—the fullest ancient account of Rome's conquest of Britain and of the public career of a senator in the service of a Roman emperor—Germany, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872208117
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2006
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Herbert W. Benario is Professor Emeritus of Classics, Emory University.