Guide to Tacitus

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)

  • Judeans, Egyptians, and Magians ejected from Rome under emperor Tiberius – 2.27, 85 (link)
  • Libyans / Africans and resistance by Numidians, Maurians, and Musulamians – books 2-4 (link)
  • Thracians – 4.46 (link)
  • Britons / Icenians and their revolt under Boudicca – 14.29-39 (link)

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