Germania

Reading notes

• Consolation to Marcia §3 Germany

  Germania, the lands east of the Rhine into which Drusus carried Roman arms further than any before him.

• Consolation to Polybius §13 Germany

  Germania, the lands east of the Rhine; the unconquered frontier whose 'triumphs' Seneca wishes for Claudius, echoing his father Drusus.

• On Benefits §5.16.5 Germany

  Germania, the lands east of the Rhine; with Gaul, the source of the armies Caesar turned against Rome.

• On Anger §1.11 the Germans

  The peoples of Germania, fierce, warlike, and inured to hardship; Seneca argues their irascibility, not discipline, makes them vulnerable.

• Moral Letters to Lucilius §4.36.7 Germany

  Germania, the lands east of the Rhine; Seneca takes the Germans as a type of the warrior people whose boys are reared to the spear, as nation and custom dictate.

• Natural Questions §1.pr.9 Germany

  Germania, the lands east of the Rhine beyond Roman control; the river marked the conventional boundary of the empire.