Cornelii Taciti de vita Agricolae . £rarnond, °*2^W Edinburgh., east It first came into Roman history when, in 80or 81, it was seized by Agricola, and by him garrisoned witha row of forts (c. 23). These forts were soon abandoned, not(as has hitherto been supposed) shortly after the recall ofAgricola, but apparently as soon as his advance beyond theisthmus into Caledonia began; later, all his Scottish conquestswere lost, probably in the great upheaval which marked theclose of Trajans reign. But after the lapse of about twenty 1 See preceding note. l\ll IN I ROD1 I I [ON the Roman f
Cornelii Taciti de vita Agricolae . £rarnond, °*2^W Edinburgh., east It first came into Roman history when, in 80or 81, it was seized by Agricola, and by him garrisoned witha row of forts (c. 23). These forts were soon abandoned, not(as has hitherto been supposed) shortly after the recall ofAgricola, but apparently as soon as his advance beyond theisthmus into Caledonia began; later, all his Scottish conquestswere lost, probably in the great upheaval which marked theclose of Trajans reign. But after the lapse of about twenty 1 See preceding note. l\ll IN I ROD1 I I [ON the Roman front r. forward t nd in \ d. 142 the Emperor Pius built from led byabout ninet<in two mil I lu- Wall itself tone wall but (in an< ient pfa murus. Fig. 3. caespiiiauSy built of sods of turf, stripped off the surface closeby and laid in regul 1 an -till be more or less distinguished by excavati( \). The forts along the Wall were ordinary Roman castrfla, walled tor the most part withearthen ramparts, but sometimes with stone. A deep andbroad ditch ran in front of the Wall from end to end ;a military road ran behind, and provided communication? below, p. lxxii f. P field had verbally expressed his general concurrence with ti ] the older Call. nmmatU But in inscriptions its actual builders call it vallum. the admirable account of the Wall by Dr. Macdooald, Wall in Smtlntii (Glasgow, ion . H leared op doubtful points ! tioo. THE CONQUEST OK BRITAIN lxiii This barrier runs along the south side of the valley betweenForth and Clyde, and its course is very skilfully planned ; italmost always commands lower ground to the north of Itwas held by Roman troops till .\.i>. r<So, about which year theRomans withdrew from all land no
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