Date of Award:
5-2023
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Arts (MA)
Department:
History
Committee Chair(s)
Frances B. Titchener
Committee
Frances B. Titchener
Committee
Mark Damen
Committee
Susan Cogan
Abstract
The Roman Historian Cornelius Tacitus wrote about native Europeans in 98 C.E., around a thousand years before the same peoples began recording their own history. Despite this, the work titled Germania is little-known and under-utilized. It is only by studying Germania and discussing it that the text will be seen for what it is and neither dismissed nor taken out of context. This thesis examines a few of the many passages of Germania that correspond with archaeological, literary, legal, and artistic information from later periods, demonstrating the value of Tacitus’ work to anyone studying European history.
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Recommended Citation
Skinner, Marie, "Tacitus, Barditus, and Odin's Eleventh Spell" (2023). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8748.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8748
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