Question

Why did tacitus regard germanic people as distinctly inferior to romans?

Answer 1

Kuku says: Government. Influence of Women. They choose their kings by birth, their generals for merit. These kings have not unlimited or arbitrary power, and the generals do more by example than by authority. If they are energetic, if they are conspicuous, if they fight in the front, they lead because they are admired. But to reprimand, to imprison, even to flog, is permitted to the priests alone, and that not as a punishment, or at the general's bidding, but, as it were, by the mandate of the god whom they believe to inspire the warrior. They also carry with them into battle certain figures and images taken from their sacred groves. And what most stimulates their courage is, that their squadrons or battalions, instead of being formed by chance or by a fortuitous gathering, are composed of families and clans. Close by them, too, are those dearest to them, so that they hear the shrieks of women, the cries of infants. They are to every man the most sacred witnesses of his bravery-they are his most generous applauders. The soldier brings his wounds to mother and wife, who shrink not from counting or even demanding them and who administer both food and encouragement to the combatants.

Answer 2

Laziness, drunkness and barbarism.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the year 98 after Christ, Tacitus wrote the book germania, in which he worked on the German tribes.

He wrote about some positive characteristics of the people from Germanic tribes, for example, monogamy and their marriage fidelity, but crictized them for laziness, drunkness and barbarism.