{"product_id":"agricola-in-scotland-the-northern-campaigns-of-roman-britains-great-warrior-governor-9781399068284","title":"Agricola in Scotland: The Northern Campaigns of Roman Britain's Great Warrior Governor","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping account of Agricola's bloody campaigns in Scotland, revealing how Rome pushed beyond its frontier.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgricola was the great Flavian warrior governor of Britain tasked by the emperor Vespasian with conquering the far north of its main island for the first time. Initially campaigning in Wales and then the north of modern England to secure his rear, he launched his first assault into modern Scotland at the end of the 70s AD. Four more bloody campaigns beyond the Solway Firth-Tyne frontier followed, each time the Romans heading further and further into the heart of darkness, as they would have seen it. Famously, at one stage during the campaigns he also contemplated invading Ireland, only to be told no by the new emperor, Domitian. Ultimately, the primary sources say he defeated the combined armies of the natives in far north at the Battle of Mons Graupius in AD 83. After this, the successful conquest of the whole island was declared, Agricola commanded the Classis Britannia (the Roman navy in Britain) to circumnavigate the whole province for the first time, and Domitian ordered a monumental arch to be built at Richborough on the east coast of Kent to celebrate the Roman triumph. This became the imperial gateway into Roman Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new, generation-defining book on Agricola's campaigns in Scotland new archaeological evidence will be used to show how Agricola was able to campaign so far north of the imperial frontier and in such numbers (with over 30,000 men, plus the fleet), and the exact routes he followed. Thus, for the first time, the true story of Agricola in Scotland can be told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399068284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216","brand":"Simon Elliott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474238374069,"sku":"9781399068284","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_98a5ae03-4a31-49f8-a556-820d30df6b11.jpg?v=1754405360","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/agricola-in-scotland-the-northern-campaigns-of-roman-britains-great-warrior-governor-9781399068284","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}