Tacitus's Germania is a text detailing the climate, geography, and social structure of Germany and its people. Tacitus doesn't offer a story line to be followed, but instead, he nudges forth an unspoken comparison to be made between two cultures.

Each of the Germania's 46 passages deals with a particular area of German civilization among which Tacitus develops a two-tiered theme. The two points he tries to make generally clear are the following:

A) The Germans are barbaric, savage and stupid'but'

B) The Germans are quaint, noble and have some redeeming qualities that make them a formidable enemy worthy of fighting.



However, these two points don't manifest themselves during the Germania's first passage on physical location.

Tacitus lets us know right off the start where Germany is positioned in terms of its bordering territories and informs us among several other geographical details that the rivers Rhine and Danube separate Germany from......

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Title: The Germania
Approximate Word Count: 1456
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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