Editing Germanicus (section)

===Publius Cornelius Tacitus===
[[File:Bronze statue of Germanicus at Amelia April 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Bronze statue of Germanicus on display at [[:it:Museo civico di Amelia|Museo civico di Amelia]], ''[[Amelia, Umbria]]'', Italy]]
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The ''Annals'' by Tacitus is one of the most detailed accounts of Germanicus' campaigns against the Germans. He wrote his account in the early years of the second century. Tacitus described Germanicus as a fine general who was kind and temperate, saying that his early death had taken a great ruler from Rome.<ref name=Wells42/>

Book 1 of ''Annals'' extensively focuses on the mutinies of the legions in Pannonia and Germany (AD 14). The riotous army figures into the unpredictable wrath of the Roman people giving Tiberius the chance to reflect on what it means to lead. It serves to contrast the "old-fashioned" [[Roman Republic|Republican]] values assigned to Germanicus, and the imperial values possessed by Tiberius. The mood of the masses is a recurring theme, with their reactions to the fortunes of Germanicus being a prominent feature of the relationship between him and Tiberius well into the ''Annals'' (as far as ''Annals'' 3.19).<ref name=Miller/>