Summary Of Wars By Tacitus

In examining the histories presented by Livy and Tacitus, it is crucial to take into account the agendas of the respective authors. While both set out to portray as accurate of a historical representation as possible, it is evident that both renowned historians and rhetoricians intended to deliver several significant messages regarding their thoughts on Rome. Both authors do, indeed, acknowledge the greatness of Rome and champion the core of Roman values; however, Livy and Tacitus tactfully elaborate on different troubles that face the Roman Empire. The histories put forth by these great men aim to present the past as an aid to promote

His mercenaries took the front, the second was formed with carthaginian territories and the last line were hannibal's most reliable troops. In the very front of the army were hannibal's elephant corps. Then the elephants charged. The elephants were meant to confuse and terrify the enemy. Scipio knew this plan and order his trumpeters of the army to blow the horn which caused startling noises to terrify the elephants. After this tactic the roman cavalry charge the infantry, which also caused

Tacitus believes that Roman Imperialism has a variety of attributes that include prosperity, cruelty, and jealousy. He is more so critical of conquests attempted by people he does not favor. Tacitus is a great source of the Roman imperialist results as he lived through emperor’s who were thought to be effective and others who were unsatisfactory to say the least. He favored the Trajanic regime that he was serving under while criticized Domitian’s reign undoubtedly. Overall, his opinion on imperial rule was mostly negative since it promoted the corruption of the ruler and the ruled, increased secrecy, paranoia, cruelty and moral downgrades in the emperors, and an increase in greed, hypocrisy, and cowardice in the subjects. While he talks

The book The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss is an in depth look at one of Roman history’s most legendary events, the gladiator revolt led by Spartacus. Spartacus has become a legend, creating a storyline that has inspired many movies and television shows, such as Stanley Kubrick’s epic Spartacus in 1960, starring the legendary Kirk Douglas. Spartacus has inspired a perfect mix of men over time with various backgrounds and beliefs, from Stalin and Marx, to Voltaire, and even to Ronald Reagan. How though, did Spartacus create a massive revolt of slaves that would create a massive problem for the mighty Rome? Strauss attempts to create a chronology of the Spartacus War using his vast knowledge of the Italian landscape, ancient documents, and

Tacitus’ Agricola, though it traverses a significant part of Rome’s conquest of Britain, is primarily about the man from whom the book takes it title. Tacitus used British conquest to show the reader Agricola’s many virtues, and he explained why Romans should strive to follow Agricola’s example. At the same time, however, Tacitus echoed Agricola’s virtues to Rome, which, before and during the writing of his book, endured several tyrannical emperors. Tacitus’ book, besides praising an individual, suggested hope for an improved future to many troubled Romans when the virtues of the empire had decayed, and freedom that they once loved had largely disappeared.

Tacitus believes that Roman Imperialism has a variety of attributes that include prosperity, cruelty, and jealousy. Imperialism can be a two-edged sword, bringing peace and prosperity during one reign, and fear the next. Tacitus is a great source of the Roman imperialist results as he lived through emperor’s who were thought to be effective and others who were unsatisfactory to say the least. He favored the Trajanic regime that he was serving under while criticized Domitian’s reign undoubtedly. Overall, his opinion on imperial rule was mostly negative since it promoted the corruption of the ruler and the ruled, increased secrecy, paranoia, cruelty and moral downgrades in the emperors, and an increase in greed, hypocrisy, and cowardice in the subjects. While he talks positively of Agricola’s victories over the Britanni, he has mixed opinions on other Roman conquests. He describes his father-in-;aw’s positive effect on integrating conquered peoples into society. Meanwhile, other talks of Roman greed and lust combined with extreme contempt for barbarian culture fills the pages of Agricola. Tacitus includes an enumeration of possible barbarian complaints of Roman rule with a declamation by a renowned Britanni leader, Calagus, that both describe the expansion of Roman influence as destructive rather than the spread of peace.

Imperial Rome, during the first century A.D. was expanding it's boundaries by adding new territories. They expanded into northern Europe and Britain and conquered or attempted to conquer various types of people. Based on my reading of Tacitus' The Agricola and The Germania, I have knowledge of the life and customs of the Britons, subject of the Agricola, and the Germans, subject of the Germania. This of course being the Romans, and more specifically Tacitus,' observation and view of these groups of people.

Near the beginning of the book, the historian Tacitus admits his disdain towards Domitian’s rule and the profound effect Domitian had on the Roman Empire. Tacitus claims that for fifteen years, men fell victim to the cruelty of the emperor. He contrasts Nerva and Trajan, the next two emperors, with their predecessor by stating that Nerva harmonized the old discord between autocracy and freedom, and Trajan enriched the happiness of our times. Tacitus does not try to hide his contempt towards Domitian, but he does not dwell on it for very long in the story. During the reign of Domitian, Agricola has been the most important general involved in the conquest of a great part of Britain.

The ancient Rome Empire raises their empire by coquetting many lands by fighting and coquetting them. One on the things that made Rome special was their expansion of the territory. What was different of other empires is, when they conquer a foreign land, they let them keep their traditions and their own culture. Instead of teaching them religion and make them be a Roman, they made them swear fealty to Rome. Roma wanted to spread their territory and their trading zone. One example of this was the war of the Roman and the Carthaginians in 264 BC. After many battles of this war better know as the Punic Wars, finally the romans defeated the Carthaginians. It took 100 years to put and end to this war.

After Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus in 750 BCE, Rome went through three very important eras/periods. The Regal period the Republican period and the Imperial period. In the Regal period rome was just being started, it wasn't very big or important and needed to be started off right. The abduction of the sabine women gave rome women so rome could become a proper civilization. When the republican period rolled around Rome was a monarchy but the last king was soon dethroned and the republic was founded lasting 500 years. During the republic period 3 punic wars increased the strength of the roman military especially the navy and boosted the roman economy. The Gracchi brothers in the middle of the roman republic gave rights back to the lower class lasting until sulla's dictatorship. Nearing the end of the republic period a

Ancient Rome was a time of flourishing and falling. Like every other city, ancient or modern, it had its ups and downs. The year 60-59 BC was a very important year in the history of Ancient Rome. No, it did not have the Great Fire of Rome and no it was not the year in which Caesar was born because each of those things happened in their own, singular year neither of which were 60-59 BC.

It is easy to see the pessimism in Tacitus’s Annals. Repeated descriptions of hypocritical, violent, and corrupt action seem to indicate Tacitus’s view that this was a wholly unjust period of Roman history. However, Tacitus is not so unilateral. Subtly he places characters and situations that invoke hope for the future. In examining Tacitus’s treatment of Thrasea, we can understand some of this reticent yet tenacious hope.

In Book V of his Gallic War, Caesar describes Sabinus and Cicero’s legions with contrasting language in order to emphasize the different responses and competency of the two legions.

This paper will examine the causes and results of the Second Punic War (218-201). It will analyze the defeat of Hannibal and the failure as well as success of his strategies, the invasion of Rome and their subsequent victory in the second Punic war. The paper will briefly look at the Fabian strategies used during the war. The analysis of these topics will be based off of accounts left by ancient historians such as Polybius and Livy as well as a range of modern historian’s accounts.

Tacitus in his writing characterizes the Germanics as a stable, civilized community as well as a barbaric tribe, compared to Marcellinus who viewed them as savages when Priscus had a first-hand account of the Germanics and thought of them as very well-mannered people. Tacitus writes about how the Germanics are civilized, yet barbaric by stating that no other nation compares to the Germanics “in entertainment and hospitality” as well as writing how their children are “naked and filthy”(Tacitus). Tacitus, being alive in the reign of the five good emperors writes truths about the Germanics, but he is not in the time period when the Germanics are wreaking havoc on the empire. Tacitus also writes this document as a client of the emperor Trajan and sees to it that he build