uses, Tacitus did write this speech, and an analysis of the work will show this. Analyzing the words Tacitus uses will also highlight his authorship, but they also provide readers with an insight into both societies. Tacitus’s father-in-law, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, was a Roman general involved in the Briton resistance, so this provided him with an insight into the Britons’ society. Therefore, with his experience in the Roman political sphere and Agricola’s imparted knowledge, Tacitus was well equipped
throughout The Life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola written by Tacitus c. 98 AD which looks at the lengths that Gnaeus had to go through under Imperialist Rome to be seen as a great man and one who fit the ideal definition of what is meant to be a Roman aristocrat. The Agricola strongly highlights how the ways in which becoming an aristocrat had been altered to fit Imperial Rome of which can be seen changing through Suetonius’ biography on the Life of the Defied Julius Caesar. In the Agricola it shows how at
In 113, Tacitus became the governor of the Roman province called Asia. During this time, Tacitus married a woman with the last name Agricola. Her father was a general by the name Gnaeus Julius Agricola. One of the works Tacitus wrote was a biography on Agricola, his father-in-law. Tacitus wrote five books over the course of his lifetime: The Life of Agricola, Germania, Dialogue on Oratory, Histories, and Annals. The two most popular writings of his are Histories and Annals. Five books make
Dias, fleeing from Pictish Warriors that had captured him in a Roman fort raid. Just as Dias was found by the Pictish people, soldiers from the Ninth Legion saved him and took him in as a Roman soldier. The Ninth Legion had been sent out by Gnaeus Julius Agricola, the Roman governor of Britannia, to get rid of Pictish threat and to help obtain favor with the Roman Senate. Etain, a Celtic Brigantian scout, was the female appointed, under General Titus Falvius Virilus, to guide the legion through battle