Download or read book Cornelii Taciti De Vita Agricolae (Classic Reprint) written by Cornelius Tacitus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cornelii Taciti De Vita Agricolae The commentary has been thoroughly overhauled. In its original form it owed a great deal to the edition of Andresen The debt remains, and, indeed, is increased by the use that has been made of the later work of that veteran scholar. Some unimportant notes have been cut out references to parallel passages (often less necessary now than they were in 1898) have been considerably reduced; the shorter notes have been largely re-worded or altered, or both most or all of the more important notes have been re-written; and new notes have been added. The changes are thus great, but the total bulk of the volume is hardly smaller. In apology one must plead the desire to furnish students of what F urneaux called a unique specimen of ancient literature and one of exceptional interest to Ehglish readers with an edition which should not only discuss critically the numerous difficulties of text and interpretation, but also provide a bird's-eye view of the results of historical and archaeological inquiry. The introductions and appendixes deal rather fully with a wide range of subjects, and if the last two appendixes travel somewhat outside the ordinary scope of a historical edition, they will be welcomed for their intrinsic value. My thanks are due to the representa tiyes of the Clarendon Press for the breadth of view which they have shown in this respect and for the liberal compensation which they have allowed, in the shape of maps and illustrations, for their inability to print the commentary below the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.