04-06-2010, 10:46 AM
Quote:Who was Aesinas?No idea!
Here is a page of the Agricola from the "Codex Aesinas", in case anyone is curious to see it.
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You're looking at page 65 verso of the codex, which is the final page of the Agricola and contains ch. 45.3-46.4.
At top left, lines 3-4, you may be able to pick out Tu vero felix, Agricola, non vitae tantum claritate, sed etiam opportunitate mortis (45.3: "You were indeed blessed, Agricola, not only in the brilliance of your life, but because of the moment of your death"; trans. Birley, Tacitus: Agricola and Germany, Oxford World's Classics 1999).
The codex then continues with Tacitus' Germania.
I found the page image on this web site.