Tacitus and the Germans

            A well-known man describes, in his opinion, a well-known group of people called the Germans. Tacitus describes the German people in his time in comparison to his people, the Romans. "The Germans themselves I should regard as aboriginal, and not mixed at all with other races through immigration or intercourse." From this, you can deduce that the Germans were all about their own culture and not mixing cultures. The way Tacitus described it was that why would anyone want to go to Germany because they were strange people. The Germans also were ruled by a king that was chosen through genetic lineage. Which is very different from how Romans chose their leaders. You also get a sense of how their women are seen. The women are seen as meaningful. The female anatomy is seen as pure and knowing and was slightly worshipped in the German society. They were also religious peoples that worshipped Mercury and would even sacrifice their own people for the god they worship. Tacitus doesn't like the way they get their food. Germans are mostly about hunting versus gathering or planting. Another thing that Tacitus didn't agree with was the way they dealt with their money. The way the money is borrowed without loans or anything to him is careless.