Tacitus' Agricola

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Latin literature ancient Roman historical work biographical work classical Latin prose

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
"Agricola" by Tacitus 1
"De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae" 1
Agricola (work by Tacitus) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature ⓘ
ancient Roman historical work ⓘ
biographical work ⓘ
classical Latin prose ⓘ
author Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains contrast between virtuous governance and despotism ⓘ
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 ⓘ
governorship of Agricola in Britain ⓘ
focusesOn administration of Britain under Agricola ⓘ
life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola ⓘ
military career of Agricola ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
hasPart account of Roman campaigns in northern Britain ⓘ
biographical narrative of Agricola ⓘ
ethnographic description of Britain ⓘ
political reflection on Domitianic rule ⓘ
historicalEventsDescribed Flavian period in Britain ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman military campaigns in Britain ⓘ
mentions Battle of Mons Graupius NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ
moral and political reflection on imperial rule ⓘ
relationshipToSubject Agricola was Tacitus' father-in-law NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire under Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortTitle Agricola NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn Latin literature courses ⓘ
ancient history ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caledonia → describedIn → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
Roman conquest of Britain → describedIn → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
Agricola → features → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
this entity surface form: praise of Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Germania (work by Tacitus) → followsInCorpus → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agricola (work by Tacitus)
Iceni → mentionedInSource → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tacitus’s Agricola
Agricola → originalTitle → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
this entity surface form: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae
Gnaeus Julius Agricola → subjectOf → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
this entity surface form: "De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae"
Gnaeus Julius Agricola → subjectOf → Tacitus' Agricola ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Agricola" by Tacitus