Cornelii Taciti de vita Agricolae . revolt (. 71 to 85 or a little later, and itsmanent quarters were perhaps never settled. The principal traces of it, tombstones of it^ rS, have been found Bath (probably an invalid r, «In, and Wroxet» r : 11. - Si p \1\ i and n THE ARMY OF AGRICOLA I xx i x but, save at Chester, they are very few, and imply no morethan the presence of some detachment, or some temporarydistribution of troops such as might easily occur in the periodof uncompleted conquest ( 43-80). An inscription found. Fig . Face of the north wall of the legionary fortressat Chester
Cornelii Taciti de vita Agricolae . revolt (. 71 to 85 or a little later, and itsmanent quarters were perhaps never settled. The principal traces of it, tombstones of it^ rS, have been found Bath (probably an invalid r, «In, and Wroxet» r : 11. - Si p \1\ i and n THE ARMY OF AGRICOLA I xx i x but, save at Chester, they are very few, and imply no morethan the presence of some detachment, or some temporarydistribution of troops such as might easily occur in the periodof uncompleted conquest ( 43-80). An inscription found. Fig . Face of the north wall of the legionary fortressat Chester, built probably towards a. d. 200. at Camelon near Falkirk () seems to be a forgery. Tacitusdoes not mention this legion in the Agricola. (e) Legio XIV Gemina Martia. The Fourteenth Legion alsowas only a short time in Britain (43-70), and it is uncertainwhether it ever had permanent or fixed hiberna in the traces occur seldom and, indeed, only at Wroxeter(ViroconiumJand perhaps once at Chester. Wroxeter seems 1 Above, p. xlvii. bcxx INTRODU< I 1« N lo have lx;en originall) a native tribal capital, but it m hi Mt<-. run i military post, though no StructuraJ remains of militar) fortil l ith distil d iron pithel / t/r: \ (< |). domat the • i it was shift It did not, thei -m an) ; • The g< n« disposition ol the thai which \\< find attested b) pond* to th< ds ol the island in the iirst period ol conquest. That is to , thru- were(aerleon ( Legio II rd the Welsh frontier. In th
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