Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AGRICOLA. SUMMAKY. I. Introduction. The critical position of a biographer under the Empire. Affection the only motive for this work. Instances of former tyranny. Happier state of things under Nerva and Trajan. 1-3. II. Aqricola's Youth, And Early Course Op Honors. His parentage, early training, and character, 4. First military service in Britain, 5. He marries; becomes Quaestor, Tribune, Praetor, member of a commission on finance under Galba, 6. Death of his mother; Vespasian, whose cause he had espoused, places him at the head of the 20th legion in Britain, 7. By his great tact and military success, he gains the good will and confidence of his superiors, 8. Becomes a patrician; appointed Governor of Aquitania; receives the Consulship ; commander-in-chief of the army in Britain, 9. III.' Geography Of Britain ; Its Former Governors. Position and form of Britain ; nature of the ocean which surrounds it, 10. Theories as to the origin of the Britons, 11. Military and political character; soil and climate, 12. Epitome of Roman dealings with Britain from Julius Caesar to Vespasian, 13. Governors of Britain from Aulus Plautlus to Suetonius Pauli- nus, 14. Uprising of the Britons, under Boudicca, crushed by Suetonius Paulinus; government of Paulinus and his successors, 15-16. Under Vespasian the conquest of Britain was carried on with greater vigor, 17. IV. Roman Conquests Under Agricola. Conquers the Ordovices and the island Mona, 18. His wise and energetic official career, 19-21. Progress of the conquest; treatment of his subordinates, 22, 23. Ireland: its conquest possible, 24. Exploration of Scotland, with the help of the fleet; victory over the Caledonians; the Britons take arms anew, 25-27. A cohort of the Usipi deserts and escapes to Germany, 28. Agricola...
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