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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 .
His familial relations are unclear: the names of Agricola's parents are unknown, as is the name of his wife, and the names of his children. He may have had a son named Nymphidius. He was the grandfather of Magnus, consul in 460. He was also a relative, perhaps even the father, of the emperor Avitus (r. 455–456). [2]
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 62 she married the Roman general Gnaeus Julius Agricola, who had just recently returned from service in Britain as a military tribune. She gave birth to a son, whose name is not known, in 63, and in 64 to a daughter, Julia Agricola. Not long after Julia's birth, the son died. Julia married the historian Tacitus in 78. Agricola and Domitia ...
Domitia Decidiana (1st century), wife of Roman General Gnaeus Julius Agricola and mother-in-law to historian Tacitus; Domitia Calvilla or Domitia Lucilla Minor (died c. 158), mother of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius; Domitia Paulina (died c. 85), mother of Roman Emperor Hadrian; Aelia Domitia Paulina (75–130), sister of Roman Emperor Hadrian
It had been suggested that the historian's mother was a daughter of Aulus Caecina Paetus, suffect consul of 37, and sister of Arria, wife of Thrasea. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] His father may have been the Cornelius Tacitus who served as procurator of Belgica and Germania ; Pliny the Elder mentions that Cornelius had a son who aged rapidly ( NH 7.76 ...
In Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola expanded the Roman Empire as far as modern day Scotland, [47] but in Dacia, Domitian was unable to procure a decisive victory in the war against the Dacians. [48] On 18 September 96, Domitian was assassinated by court officials, and with him the Flavian dynasty came to an end.
Julia Agricola (64–?), daughter of general Gnaeus Julius Agricola and wife to historian Tacitus; Julia Flavia (64–91), daughter of emperor Titus; Julia Balbilla (72–after 130), poet and companion of Hadrian's wife Vibia Sabina; Julia Tertulla (fl. 1st–2nd century), daughter of suffect consul Gaius Julius Cornutus Tertullus