The complete online text of Germania and Agricola by Tacitus.

Tacitus (c. 56/57-ca. 125) was a Roman orator and historian. In a life that spanned the reigns of the Flavian emperors and of Trajan and Hadrian, he played a part in the public life of Rome and became its greatest historian. Tacitus was born into a wealt...

Cornelius Tacitus was perhaps the greatest historian that the Roman world produced. Though his Annales (Annals, after A.D. 116) and Historiae (Histories, ca. A.D. 100-110) are among the most remarkable works of Latin prose, their extraordinary influence...

Cornelius Tacitus was perhaps the greatest historian that the Roman world produced. Though his Annales (Annals, after A.D. 116) and Historiae (Histories, ca. A.D. 100-110) are among the most remarkable works of Latin prose, their extraordinary influence...

Under new management, Agricola has abandoned its unsuccessful ruby and sapphire mining venture in Malawi, and travelled north - to the Shetland Islands. There, on Unst, the most northerly of the islands, it has acquired the rights to explore for platinum from fellow...

Georg Bauer, otherwise known as Georgius Agricola, is known for two published works on the subterranean materials and the nature of minerals. In the latter, he groups minerals according to color, density, transparency, taste, odor, shape and texture. His private collection consisted of specimens...