Tacitus’ Germania: Background Hum 110, Reed College Prof. Laura Leibman ...
[Pages:1]Tacitus' Germania: Background Hum 110, Reed College Prof. Laura Leibman
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55-117 AD Son-in-law of Gnaeus Julius Agricola Vespasian==>Titus ==>Domitian ==>Trajan
The Agricola --Tacitus takes advantage of the revival of freedom under Domitian to
publish his first historical work, in honor of his father-in-law, Agricola, the conqueror of a large part of Britain --Contents: in it he briefly summarizes Agricola's career, focuses on the conquest of the island and takes sometime out for ethnographic and geographic digressions. --Genre: predominately a res gestae (focuses on remarkable deeds), but also is an intersection of several other genres: biography, laudatio funeraris, history, ethnography. --Purpose: teaches how to serve honorably under a terrible princeps
The Germania --Topic: barbarian virtue and Roman corruption --Ethnography: derived from written sources NOT direct observation: he
improves upon and embellishes the style of earlier accounts (e.g. the Bella Germaniae of Pliny the Elder), adds details to bring the work up to date. --Theories about his intention: 1. The "glorification of a primitive, naive culture, one not yet corrupted by the refined vices of a decadent civilization" 2. In stressing the untamed strength and valor of the Germans in war, Tacitus intends to stress the threat they pose, not to praise them 3. In stressing the "nobleness" of the primitive, Tacitus is really critiquing the notion of "civilization" and undermining the notion of aristocracy in general (application of Hayden White's notion of the "Noble Savage Theme as Fetish").
Bibliography Conte, Gian Biagio. Latin Literature: A History White, Hayden, "The Noble Savage Theme as Fetish," Tropics of Discourse.
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