The Life and Times of Neus Julius Agricola

Neus Julius Agricola was born on the southern coast of Gaul in 40 AD, into a family of sanitorial rank. He did not get to know his father very well, as the elder Agricola was executed by Caligula for refusing to prosecute someone who would raise the mad emperor's ire. When Vespasian took over, he assigned him to lead a legion in Britannia,. The Imperial administration on the island had been plunged into a state of disarray by the recent Civil Wars.