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The earliest detailed account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, their gods, their alarming habit of deciding important matters while drunk and confirming them sober. Tacitus is not a neutral anthropologist. He uses the Germans as a mirror for Roman decadence: these barbarians may be violent and unwashed, but at least they haven't been corrupted by wealth. The text was rediscovered in the fifteenth century and has been politically misused ever since.

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    Book 1

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 2

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 3

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 4

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 5

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 6

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 7

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 8

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 9

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 10

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 11

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 12

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 13

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 14

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 15

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 16

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 17

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 18

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 19

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 20

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 21

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 22

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 23

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 24

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 25

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 26

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 27

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 28

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 29

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 30

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 31

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 32

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 33

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 34

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 35

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 36

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 37

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 38

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 39

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 40

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 41

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 42

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 43

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 44

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 45

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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    Book 46

    A section of Tacitus' ethnographic account of the Germanic peoples — their customs, institutions, warfare, religion, or the characteristics of individual tribes.

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