Gnaeus julius agricola biography
Gnaeus julius agricola biography
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Ramparts at Ardoch Roman Fort, on the Line of the Gask Ridge Fortifications |
Julius Agricola, or Gnaeus Julius Agricola, lived from 13 June AD40 to 23 August AD93.
He was the Roman Governor of Britain responsible for securing the Roman grip on what is now England and Wales, and for conquering much of Scotland. He is among the best known of Romans, as a result of his biography, De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, written by his son-in-law, Tacitus, in AD98.
The wider picture at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Agricola was born in Gallia Narbonensis, part of southern France, into a high-ranking Roman family.
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Both of his grandfathers had been Imperial Governors. His father, Julius Graecinus, became a member of the Roman Senate in the year Julius was born. Agricola himself was educated in Massilia (now Marseille).
In AD58 Agricola began his military career as a tribune with Legio II Augusta in Brit