Tacitus' Agricola
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Tacitus' Agricola is a classical Latin biography and historical work by the Roman historian Tacitus that recounts the life and military campaigns of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, particularly in Britain.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tacitus' Agricola canonical | 2 |
| "Agricola" by Tacitus | 1 |
| "De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae" | 1 |
| Agricola (work by Tacitus) | 1 |
| De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae | 1 |
| Tacitus’s Agricola | 1 |
| praise of Gnaeus Julius Agricola | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5874132 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tacitus' Agricola Context triple: [Roman conquest of Britain, describedIn, Tacitus' Agricola]
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A.
Annals by Tacitus
*Annals* by Tacitus is a major work of Roman historiography that chronicles the early Roman Empire, particularly the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, with a critical and often dramatic narrative style.
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B.
Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
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C.
De vita Caesarum
De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
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D.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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E.
De militia Romana
De militia Romana is a scholarly work by Justus Lipsius that reconstructs and analyzes the organization, tactics, and discipline of the ancient Roman military.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tacitus' Agricola Target entity description: Tacitus' Agricola is a classical Latin biography and historical work by the Roman historian Tacitus that recounts the life and military campaigns of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, particularly in Britain.
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A.
Annals by Tacitus
*Annals* by Tacitus is a major work of Roman historiography that chronicles the early Roman Empire, particularly the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, with a critical and often dramatic narrative style.
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B.
Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
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C.
De vita Caesarum
De vita Caesarum is an early 2nd-century biographical work by Suetonius that chronicles the lives and characters of the first twelve Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian.
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D.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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E.
De militia Romana
De militia Romana is a scholarly work by Justus Lipsius that reconstructs and analyzes the organization, tactics, and discipline of the ancient Roman military.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature
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ancient Roman historical work ⓘ biographical work ⓘ classical Latin prose ⓘ |
| author | Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
contrast between virtuous governance and despotism
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critique of tyranny ⓘ praise of Agricola's virtues ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | circa 98 AD ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Gnaeus Julius Agricola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
conquest of Britain
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governorship of Agricola in Britain ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
administration of Britain under Agricola
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life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola ⓘ military career of Agricola ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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historiography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
account of Roman campaigns in northern Britain
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biographical narrative of Agricola ⓘ ethnographic description of Britain ⓘ political reflection on Domitianic rule ⓘ |
| historicalEventsDescribed |
Flavian period in Britain
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Roman conquest of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| influenced |
later biographies of Roman generals
ⓘ
modern understanding of Roman Britain ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | concise and rhetorical ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gnaeus Julius Agricola
NERFINISHED
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Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman military campaigns in Britain ⓘ |
| mentions |
Battle of Mons Graupius
NERFINISHED
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Caledonians NERFINISHED ⓘ Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ Vespasian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| purpose |
commemoration of Agricola
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moral and political reflection on imperial rule ⓘ |
| relationshipToSubject | Agricola was Tacitus' father-in-law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Britain
NERFINISHED
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Roman Empire under Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Agricola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
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ancient history ⓘ classical philology ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Agricola (Tacitus)
this entity surface form:
De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
subject surface form:
Agricola (Tacitus)
this entity surface form:
praise of Gnaeus Julius Agricola
this entity surface form:
"De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae"
this entity surface form:
"Agricola" by Tacitus
this entity surface form:
Tacitus’s Agricola
this entity surface form:
Agricola (work by Tacitus)