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When reading Tacitus, the barbarians and enemies of Rome such as Calgacus can be easily sympathised with. Were these people intentionally portrayed positively by Tacitus, or have modern biases changed the way we perceive them?

by /u/LJHB48 in /r/AskHistorians

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