See also:

• CEREALIS (CERIALIS), PETILLIUS (1st century A.D.)

CEREALIS (CERIALIS), PETILLIUS (1st See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D.)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, a near relative of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian . He is first heard of during the reign of See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, where he was completely defeated (A.D . 61) by See also:

• BOADICEA

Boadicea . Eight years later he played an important See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome by the supporters of Vespasian . In 70 he put down the revolt of See also:

• CIVILIS, CLAUDIUS

Civilis (q.v.) . In 71, aS See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Britain, where he had as a subordinate the famous See also:

• AGRICOLA (originally SCHNEIDER, then SCHNITTER), JOHANNES (1494-1566)
• AGRICOLA (the Latinized form of the name BAUER), GEORG (1490-1555)
• AGRICOLA, CHRISTOPH LUDWIG (1667-1719)
• AGRICOLA, GNAEUS JULIUS (A.D. 37-93)
• AGRICOLA, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1720-1774)
• AGRICOLA, MARTIN (c. 1500-1556)
• AGRICOLA, RODOLPHUS (properly ROELOF HUYSMANN) (1443-1485)

Agricola, he inflicted severe defeats upon the See also:

• BRIGANTES (Celtic for " mountaineers " or " free, privileged ")

Brigantes, the most powerful of the' tribes of Britain . See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus says that he was a bold soldier rather than a careful general, and preferred to stake everything on the issue of a single engagement . He possessed natural eloquence of a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind that readily appealed to his soldiers . His See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty towards his superiors was unshakable . Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, xiv . 32; Histories, iii . 59, 78, iv .

71, 75, 86, v.21; Agricola, 8, 17 .