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Browsing named entities in Cornelius Tacitus, The Life of Cnæus Julius Agricola (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb).
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Agricola (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Nero (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
Agricola (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
The following year inflicted a
terrible blow on his affections and his fortunes. Otho's fleet, while
cruising idly about, cruelly ravaged Intemelii, a
district of Liguria; his mother, who was living here
on her own estate, was murdered. The estate itself and a large part of her
patrimony were plundered. This was indeed the occasion of the crime.
Agricola, who instantly set out to discharge the duties of affection, was
overtaken by the tidings that Vespasian was aiming at the throne. He at once
joined his party. Vespasian's early policy, and the government of Rome were directed by Mucianus, for Domitian was a mere
youth, and from his father's elevation sought only the opportunities of
indulgence.
MARRIAGE, OFFICES,
ADVANCEMENT
Agricola, having been sent by Mucianus to conduct a
levy of troops, and having done his work with integrity and energy, was
appointed to command the 20th Legion, which had been slow to take the new
oath of allegiance, and the retiring officer of whi
Agricola (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
Agricola (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
Britain was then under Vettius Bolanus, who governed
more mildly than suited so turbulent a province. Agricola moderated his
energy and restrained his ardour, that he might not grow too important, for
he had learnt to obey, and understood well how to combine expediency with
honour. Soon afterwards Britain received for its
governor a man of consular rank, Petilius Cerialis. Agricola's merits had
now room for display. Cerialis let him share at first indeed only the toils
and dangers, but before long the glory of war, often by way of trial putting
him in command of part of the army, and sometimes, on the strength of the
result, of larger forces. Never to enhance his own renown did Agricola boast
of his exploits; he always referred his success, as though he were but an
instrument, to his general and director. Thus by his valour in obeying
orders and by his modesty of speech he escaped jealousy without losing
distinction.
Tiberius (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Julius (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
The Britons themselves bear cheerfully the conscrip-
AGRICULTURE, ORGANIZATION
tion, the taxes, and
the other burdens imposed on them by the Empire, if there be no oppression.
Of this they are impatient; they are reduced to subjection, not as yet to
slavery The deified Julius, the very first Roman who entered Britain with an army, though by a successful engagement
he struck terror into the inhabitants and gained possession of the coast,
must be regarded as having indicated rather than transmitted the acquisition
to future generations. Then came the civil wars, and the arms of our leaders
were turned against their country, and even when there was peace, there was
a long neglect of Britain. This Augustus spoke of as
policy, Tiberius as an inherited maxim. That Caius Cæsar meditated an
invasion of Britain is perfectly clear, but his
purposes, rapidly formed, were easily changed, and his vast attempts on Germany had failed. Claudius was the first to renew the
attempt, and conv
Julius (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Agricola (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
Such was the state of Britain, and such
were the vicissitudes of the war, which Agricola found on his crossing over
about midsummer. Our soldiers made it a pretext for care-
lessness, as if all fighting was over, and the enemy were biding
their time. The Ordovices, shortly before Agricola's arrival, had destroyed
nearly the whole of a squadron of allied cavalry quartered in their
territory. Such a beginning raised the hopes of the country, and all who
wished for war approved the precedent, and anxiously watched the temper of
the new governor. Meanwhile Agricola, though summer was past and the
detachments were scattered throughout the province, though the soldiers'
confident anticipation of inaction for that year would be a source such assailants nothing could be formidable or invincible.
And so, peace having been sued for and the island given up, Agricola became
great and famous as one who, when entering on his province, a time which
others spend in vain display and a rou
Agricola (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 20
Agricola, by the repression of these abuses in his
very first year of office, restored to peace its good name, when, from
either the indifference or the harshness of his predecessors, it had come to
be as much dreaded as war. When, however, summer came, assembling his
forces, he continually showed himself in the ranks, praised good discipline,
and kept the stragglers in order. He would himself choose the position of
the camp, himself explore the estuaries and forests. Meanwhile he would
allow the enemy no rest, laying waste his territory with sudden incursions,
and, having sufficiently alarmed him, would then by forbearance display
the allurements of peace. In consequence, many states, which up to
that time had been independent, gave hostages, and laid aside their
animosities; garrisons and forts were established among them with a skill
and diligence with which no newly-acquired part of Britain had before been treated.