Germania (book)

Germania
Map of Germania in the Roman Imperial Period, with the possible locations of some peoples described by Tacitus as Germanic
AuthorPublius Cornelius Tacitus
LanguageLatin
PublishedAD 98 (AD 98)
Publication placeRoman Empire

The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD[1][2] and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De origine et situ Germanorum), is a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic peoples outside the Roman Empire.

  1. ^ Lund, Allan A. (2007). "Zur interpretatio Romana in der ,Germania' des Tacitus". Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. 59 (4): 289–310. doi:10.1163/157007307781787570. ISSN 0044-3441.
  2. ^ Martin, Ronald H. (1981). Tacitus. University of California Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-520-04427-2.