MONA  , the name used by classical writers, and in particular by See also:

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

Tacitus, to denote See also:

• ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY
• ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET
• ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

Anglesey (q.v.) . This See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island was raided by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

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

general Suetonius about A.D . 6o and conquered by . 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 about A.D . 79 . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans probably See also:

• MINED

mined See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper there, but no trace has yet been found of any Roman military See also:

• POST

post, and the villages of the inhabitants which have been recently excavated show only mediocre traces of Roman See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization . The name Mona seems also to have been occasionally used, perhaps from See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance, for the other large island lying between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient name of this latter was probably not unlike that of Mona, but is not accurately known to us ( ? Monapia, Manavia) . (F . J .