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The Roman Conquest of Scotland. The Battle of Mons Graupius AD 84.
by FRASER, J.E.,
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Tempus, Stroud, 2005. 159,(16)p. ills.(full colour photographs, B&W maps). Paperback. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. In the summer of 84 AD the Italian gentleman Gnaeus Iulius Agricola, governor of Roman Britain (78-84 AD), led an army of Roman legionary soldiers and barbarian auxiliaries into northern Britain, known as Caledonia to the Romans. At a place called Mount Graupius, Agricola won a decisive victory over a large Caledonian host, and it appeared at the time that, forty-one years on, the Roman military conquest of Britain had finally been completed. Agricola had already begun thinking about a new challenge - the invasion and conquest of Ireland - but was recalled from Britain by the emperor; and it proved to be Rome's failure - or unwillingness - to assume political control over northern Britain in the wake of Agricola's achievement that would become greatly significant in shaping the medieval and post-medieval political and cultural history of Britain and Ireland. James Fraser is the first historian to identify the most likely site of the legendary battle, and presents a totally new interpretation of why the Romans invaded Scotland. (Publisher's information).
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- The Roman Conquest of Scotland. The Battle of Mons Graupius AD 84.
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- FRASER, J.E.,
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- Paperback
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- 0752433253
- ISBN 13
- 9780752433257
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- This edition first published
- 2005-04
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