Romans vs Caledonians: The Battle of Mons Graupius
The Ancients
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The Agricola, a History of the Roman Empire
The culmination of first century roman archaeology in north britan at the top of a history whiles the big thing, the big thing indeed. So if we start with the background, who is our main source for this military event? Main source is gicaltastus. He was around born at the same time as these campaigns were taking place. But cacitus certainly has some very good second hand knowledge. And thatis because he's the son in law of agripola, so he marries his daughter at one point and then goes on to write this, as i say, biography.
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