Germania (work by Tacitus)

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Germania is a first-century ethnographic and historical treatise by the Roman historian Tacitus that describes the geography, customs, and societies of the Germanic tribes beyond the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman literature
ethnographic work
historical treatise
approximateDate circa 98 CE
author Tacitus
circulation limited in antiquity but influential later
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
describes family and social structure of Germanic tribes
landscape and climate of Germania
political institutions of Germanic tribes
religious practices of Germanic tribes
tribal divisions of Germania
warfare customs of Germanic tribes
followedByInCorpus Dialogus de oratoribus
followsInCorpus Tacitus' Agricola
surface form: Agricola (work by Tacitus)
genre ethnography
geographical work
historical prose
hasForm prose
hasPerspective Roman imperial viewpoint
hasSection description of the Batavi
description of the Chatti
description of the Cherusci
description of the Fenni
description of the Semnones
description of the Suebi
historicalPeriodDescribed early Roman Empire
influenced 19th-century German historiography
early modern German nationalism
medieval perceptions of Germanic peoples
literaryPurpose moral contrast between Romans and Germans
mainSubject Germanic tribes
customs of Germanic peoples
geography of Germania
society of Germanic peoples
notableTheme critique of Roman decadence
noble savage motif
originalLanguage Latin
partOf Tacitus’s minor works
regionDescribed territories east of the Rhine
territories north of the Danube
shortTitle Germania
structure single continuous treatise
studiedIn Germanic studies
ancient history
classical philology
survivesIn medieval manuscript tradition
timeOfWriting 1st century
title Germania (work by Tacitus) self-linksurface differs
surface form: De origine et situ Germanorum
usedAsSourceBy medieval scholars
modern historians of ancient Germany

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Germania mentionedInWork Germania (work by Tacitus)
Drusilla mentionedIn Germania (work by Tacitus)
this entity surface form: works of Tacitus
Irminones category Germania (work by Tacitus)
this entity surface form: Tribes of Germania
Arminius relatedWork Germania (work by Tacitus)
subject surface form: Arminius (poem)
this entity surface form: Germania (Tacitus)
Germania (work by Tacitus) title Germania (work by Tacitus) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: De origine et situ Germanorum