A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . onclusion of peace with theBatavians, Cerialis made a successful campaign in Britain against thepowerful Brigantes, extending the frontier to Lindum (Lincoln) andChester. His successor, Sextus Julius Frontinus, added almost thewhole of Wales to the Roman province. In 78 the new governor,Cnaeus Julius Agricola, of Forum Julii, father-in-law of the historianTacitus, subdued northern Wales, permanently occupied Anglesey, andwas able to make Eboracum of the Brigantes (York) the chief for-tress of the nort
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . onclusion of peace with theBatavians, Cerialis made a successful campaign in Britain against thepowerful Brigantes, extending the frontier to Lindum (Lincoln) andChester. His successor, Sextus Julius Frontinus, added almost thewhole of Wales to the Roman province. In 78 the new governor,Cnaeus Julius Agricola, of Forum Julii, father-in-law of the historianTacitus, subdued northern Wales, permanently occupied Anglesey, andwas able to make Eboracum of the Brigantes (York) the chief for-tress of the north. In 80, accompanied by the fleet along the eastcoast, he crossed the border of Scotland, or Caledonia, to subdue, if AGRICOLA IN BRITAIN. 129 possible, the entire island. He advanced as far as the Firth of Tay,near Perth, and employed the three following campaigns m exploringthe country, in crnshing the resistance of the inhabitants, and m con-structino- fortifications by which control was gained of the isthmusbetweeifthe Firths of Clyde and Forth. These attacks roused to arms. Yic. -X!. - The Forum civile at Pompeii. Ground-plan: I. Temple of Jupiter; II. So-called Pantheon; III. Hall for the sessions of «-;-- --^^-^^^^^^^^ ^^called Temple of Quirinus; V. Edifice of ; \ I. School, A H- tuna,VIII. Basilica; IX. Temple of Venus; X. tiie tribes of Caledonia; which in 84, under tlieir leader, Culgacusattacked the Romans on the Graupian Hills, where the campaign endedin a brilliant victory for Agricola. The fleet pushed on to the mostnorthern of Scotland, beyond Cape Wrath. Agricola s plan tosubdue Ivernia (Ireland) was not sanctioned by Doniitian, as a 130 THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE EMPIRE. draft was being made upon the Roman arms along the Danube; and 85 the jealous emperor recalled him from Britain. The chieftains of the Daco-Getan tribes north of the Danube hadsurrendered the supremacy over the entire people to Decebalus,^
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