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 Agricola (work by Tacitus) ⓘ
linked to: Tacitus' Agricola
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 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 → works of Tacitus ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Irminones → category → Tribes of Germania ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Arminius (poem) → relatedWork → Germania (Tacitus) ⓘ
subject linked to: Arminius
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Germania (work by Tacitus) → title → De origine et situ Germanorum ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Germania Libera → mentionedIn → Tacitus Germania ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Tencteri → mentionedIn → Germania (Tacitus) ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Sugambri → mentionedInWork → Germania (Tacitus) ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Bructeri → describedInWork → Tacitus' Germania ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Tungri → describedIn → Tacitus – Germania ⓘ
subject linked to: Tungri tribe
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Silva Hercynia → describedInWork → Germania (Tacitus) ⓘ
subject linked to: Latin "Silva Hercynia"
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Istaevones → mentionedIn → Germania (Tacitus) ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Herminones → mentionedIn → Tacitus' Germania ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)
Lugii → attestedIn → Germania by Tacitus ⓘ
linked to: Germania (work by Tacitus)