Tacitus on the Germans
One of the most primitive and genuine elements of Roman religion was the feeling that some mysterious power haunted the dark wood. Germany was pre-eminently the land of dark woods in which the practical-minded Roman faltered and lost his way. There were the woods along the banks of the Rhine, in whi...
| Published in: | Greece and Rome |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1964
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0017383500012675 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0017383500012675 |