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Chapter 12 - Conspicuous Absence
from Part II - Absence in Context
- By Ellen O’Gorman
Edited by Tom Geue, University of St Andrews, Scotland, Elena Giusti, University of Warwick
Book:

Unspoken Rome

Published online:

03 September 2021

Print publication:

16 September 2021, pp 219-236
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Germania is read as a response to Caesar’s De Bello Gallico, and contrasted with Tacitus’ account of conquest in the Agricola. Focusing on the absence of historical narrative, discussion goes beyond the well-recognized denial of history to the Germanic Other to consider the implications of moments when Germania comes close to recounting history without doing so. Narrativity and the predominance of description are discussed, with a view to understanding Germania as epideixis. It is suggested that the absence of historical narrative emphasizes the vivid portrayal of Germania as unconquered territory, and that Germania provides a vivid exploration of the limits of Roman power and epistemologies. The text expresses an imperialist perspective, but does not claim a triumph for Roman ratio over a territory that is resistant to it.