Tacitus, Thule and Caledonia : the achievements of Agricola's navy in their true perspective
| 1. Verfasser: |
Wolfson, Stan.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford, England :
Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books [distributor],
2008.
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| Umfang/Format: |
118 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
BAR British series ;
459 |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
| Online Zugang: |
Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Shetland : the classical geographical context
- The manuscripts of Tacitus' Agricola
- Reassessment of vocabulary and sense
- The search for a harbour
- Thule in contemporary Latin poetry
- The Boresti : the creation of a myth
- A problem of identification, or, Pie in the Skye
- The coinage of Titus and Agricola's Caledonian campaign of AD 79
- Vettius Bolanus in the north : fact or fiction?
- Caledonius : allusion and illusion.
