Tacitus And Agricola

Question 1

What are the documentary sources for the Agricola campaigns in Britain

Answer 1

The documentary evidence of his campaigns include Tacitus’s Agricola itself as well as the Annals and Histories.
you also have suetonius is imperial biography is although they should be treated with scepticism.

Question 2

What does the epigraphical evidence of a Agricola’s campaigns include?

Answer 2

The epigraphical evidence includes inscriptions from the first century AD.

Question 3

What does the archaeological evidence of a Agricola’s campaigns include

Answer 3

The archaeological evidence is quite useful in showing the footprint of early garrisons and marching camps. This helps identify the communication structure.

Question 4

Outline the main approach of studying Agricola campaigns.

Answer 4

The main approach of studying Agricola campaigns includes the analysis of tacitus’s account. This is a rather useful taxed in some ways because it is a first-hand account which is quite rare.

Question 5

What are the problems associated with using tacitus’s source of agricola

Answer 5

tacitus’s source of agricola is problematic due to its unclear genre of whether it should be considered a biography a eulogy or a political pamphlet. Since he was the son and lord agricola that appears to be a familial-partisanship context
The other problem associated with the text as the problem of excerpting which shows the bias of the author in highlighting what he deems important and what should be promoted in his narrative account.

Question 6

What are the documentary sources silent over

Answer 6

The documentary sources are silent over the ideology in the strategy behind conquering unknown territory. That’s the arm particularly in useful in understanding the nature of Roman imperialism.