A most dangerous book Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

Traces the five-hundred year history and wide-ranging influence of the Roman historian's unflattering book about the ancient Germans that was eventually extolled by the Nazis as a bible.

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Main Author: Krebs, Christopher B.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:Traces the five-hundred year history and wide-ranging influence of the Roman historian's unflattering book about the ancient Germans that was eventually extolled by the Nazis as a bible.
Physical Description:303 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780393062656 (hardcover)
0393062651 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Christopher B. Krebs , a classics professor at Harvard University, has published widely on the Roman historians and their afterlives. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.