Tacitus: AgricolaThe first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father in law, governor of Britain in the years AD 77 84, is a literary masterpiece: it combines penetrating political history with gripping military narrative and throughout poses the question (still very much alive today) of how one should live one's life under a tyranny. This is the first commentary in