Tacitus’ descriptions of the Germanic character are at times favorable in contrast to the opinions of the Romans of his day. The Germania begins with a description of the lands, laws, and customs of the Germanic people it then segues into descriptions of individual tribes, beginning with those dwelling closest to Roman lands and ending on the uttermost shores of the Baltic, among the amber-gathering Aesti, the primitive and savage Fenni, and the unknown tribes beyond them. Tacitus himself had already written a similar essay on the lands and tribes of Britannia in his Agricola. Germania fits squarely within the tradition established by authors from Herodotus to Julius Caesar. The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, literally The Origin and Situation of the Germans), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire. Translated by Alfred John Church (1829 - 1912) and William Jackson Brodribb (1829 - 1905) Download cover art Download CD case insert Germania
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