It was a custom in the past not yet relinquished by our own age, indifferent though we may now be to events, to relay to posterity the deeds and manners of famous men whenever, that is, mighty and noble virtue had conquered and suppressed that vice common to all states, great and small, the ignorance and envy of what is good.Īnd just as, in our predecessors’ times, the age was more favourable and open to actions worth recording, so distinguished men of ability were led to produce those records of virtue, not to curry favour or from ambition, but for the reward of a good conscience. Section 1: On biography and auto-biography Section 42: Agricola declines a province.Section 36: Roman infantry and cavalry attacks.Section 35: The disposition of the troops.Section 34: Agricola’s speech: complete the work.Section 33: Agricola’s speech: no retreat.Section 32: Calgacus’ speech: of rebellion.Section 31: Calgacus’ speech: of liberty.Section 30: Calgacus’ speech: ‘They make a desert…’.Section 29: Loss of his son, and advance to Mons Graupius.Section 28: Mutiny by the Usipii Battalion.Section 27: The Britons continue the struggle.Section 26: Night attack on the Ninth Legion.Section 25: Campaigning beyond the Firth of Forth.Section 24: Campaigning on the West Coast of Scotland.Section 17: Cerialis appointed by Vespasian.Section 16: Boudicca’s uprising and its aftermath.Section 14: The first Consular Governors of Britain.Section 10: Governorship of Britain: its geography.Section 9: Governorship of Gallia Aquitania.Section 8: Service under Petilius Cerialis.Section 5: Military apprenticeship in Britain.Section 4: Agricola’s boyhood and youth.

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