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Gnaeus Julius Agricola (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ k ə l ə /; 13 June 40 – 23 August 93) was a Roman general and politician responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Born to a political family of senatorial rank, Agricola began his military career as a military tribune under governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus .
The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit.On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman writer, Tacitus, written c. AD 98. The work recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain from AD 77/78 – 83/84. [1]
In 77 CE, Gnaeus Julius Agricola's thorough subjugation of the island left it under Roman rule until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the early 5th century CE. Anglesey was invaded as it was an important centre for the Celtic Druids and their religious practices which made it a place of resistance to Roman rule.
Gnaeus Julius Agricola - general in Britain [69] [70] Sextus Calpurnius Agricola - governor in Britain [71] [72] Marcus Julius Agrippa (Agrippa I) - a king in Judea, romanized [73] Marcus Julius Agrippa (Agrippa II) - a king in Judea, romanized [74] Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa - general and geographer Portrait of Antoninus Pius
19th-century print depicting Calgacus delivering his speech to the Caledonians. According to Tacitus, Calgacus (sometimes Calgacos or Galgacus) was a chieftain of the Caledonian Confederacy who fought the Roman army of Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius in northern Scotland in AD 83 or 84.
Gnaeus, also spelled Cnaeus, was a Roman praenomen derived from the Latin naevus, a birthmark. It was a common name borne by many individuals throughout Roman history, including: It was a common name borne by many individuals throughout Roman history, including:
Tacitus states that Gnaeus Julius Agricola, who was the Roman governor and Tacitus's father-in-law, had sent his fleet ahead to panic the Caledonians, and, with light infantry reinforced with British auxiliaries, reached the site, which he found occupied by the enemy.
Agricola, a genus of birds; Agricola, a 2007 board game by Uwe Rosenberg; 3212 Agricola, an asteroid; Auster Agricola, an aircraft from the 1950s; Agricola (school), a secret NCO school operated by the Grey Ranks during World War II; Agricola Street, a prominent street in the neighbourhood of North End in Halifax, Nova Scotia