Citation with stable link: Philip A. Harland, 'Guide to Tacitus,' Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World, last modified August 16, 2024, https://philipharland.com/Blog/?p=18386.
This post provides a guide for reading through ethnographic passages on this website from the Roman senator Tacitus (ca. 97-117 CE):
Agricola (ca. 97-98 CE)
- Britons – 10-12 (link)
Germania (ca. 98 CE)
- “Germans,” i.e. peoples northeast of the Rhine – Germania in its entirety (link)
Histories (ca. 109 CE)
- Sarmatians – 1.79 (link)
- Boians among Celts and their revolt – 2.61 (link)
- Batavians and their revolt under Civilis – 4.12–18 and 5.17, 24-26 (link)
- Judeans and their revolt – 5.1-13 (link)
Annals (ca. 117 CE)