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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 true site of this legendary battle, and presents a totally new interpretation of why the Romans invaded Scotland.
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James E. Fraser is Lecturer in Celtic and Scottish History & Culture at the University of Edinburgh. His other books include The Battle of Dunnichen 685 ('A must' The Scots Magazine) also published by Tempus and From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795. He lives in Edinburgh.
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- VerlagNPI Media Group
- Erscheinungsdatum2005
- ISBN 10 0752433253
- ISBN 13 9780752433257
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten160
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The Roman Conquest of Scotland: The Battle of Mons Graupius AD 84
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The Roman Conquest of Scotland. The Battle of Mons Graupius AD 84.
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Zustand: UNSPECIFIED. 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). Antiquarian. Artikel-Nr. 48962
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