Work

De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae

Agricola

Author

Language

Classical Latin

Year

98

Country

Roman Empire

Genre

Long-Form Journalism (Memoir, Firsthand Account, or Reportage)

De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae

The Agricola is a book by the Roman writer, Tacitus, written c. AD 98. The work recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain from AD 77/78 – 83/84. It also covers the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain.

Translations

The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals

tr. Thomas Gordon · Walter Scott · United Kingdom · 1890

The Germany and Agricola of Tacitus

tr. Oxford Translation · C. M. Barnes · United States · 1897

Agricola. Germania. Dialogue on Oratory

tr. M. Hutton, W. Peterson · Harvard University Press · United States · 1970

The Agricola and The Germania

tr. H. Mattingly · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1975

Original Language Editions

Agricola. Germania. Dialogue on Oratory

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 1970