History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . the Highlandsof Scotland. Agricola apjjroached these moimtains, but halted atthe isthmus, thirty miles in breadth, ^^hieh (extends between thetwo seas, from the Clyde to the Firth of Forth, and covered thisspace with strongholds connected by an intrenchment, so as tosecure the jn-ovince against the incursions of the Highlanders came bravely to the attack ; but he defeatedthem at the foot of the Grampians, notwithstanding the bravery oftheir chief, Galgac, to whom Tacitus ascribes a
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . the Highlandsof Scotland. Agricola apjjroached these moimtains, but halted atthe isthmus, thirty miles in breadth, ^^hieh (extends between thetwo seas, from the Clyde to the Firth of Forth, and covered thisspace with strongholds connected by an intrenchment, so as tosecure the jn-ovince against the incursions of the Highlanders came bravely to the attack ; but he defeatedthem at the foot of the Grampians, notwithstanding the bravery oftheir chief, Galgac, to whom Tacitus ascribes a speech which noRoman ear heard and which not one Latin could have legions, after this success, retired behind their line of defence;but the fleet reconnoitred the northerly parts of the island, theOrkneys, and perhaps the Shetlands. Tacitus insists that Domitian became alarmed at Agricolasglory. But no very far-echoing fame could be gained in thesecombats, which were almost without peril, against tribes few innumbers, badly armed, and so poor that, in his scanty booty, the. Coin represeutiug- Britain. ^ Dion, 5. Rrucp, T/ip Roman Wall, p. TITUS A>B DOMITIAX, 79 TO 96 ?09 conqueror did not find a trophy to display hoforo the people ofKome. Agricola, a methodical and slow captain, had not thegreat qualities which render generals formidable to a suspiciousgovernment ; an honest man, a good citizen, submissive to lawand the ruler, he could not have caused anxiety to an emperorwho did not fear to give the consulate and his best army to has been overrated [owing to the panegyric r>f Tacitus] ;he neither conquered nor civilized Britain, as his son-in-law would .-?^yi^M V£A- urn- H AVG-M-À?i ^,.i»^^^^^^>l^2£^^
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