SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

(from Cornelii Taciti: de Vita Agricolae edited by H. Furneaux and revised by J.G.C. Anderson, Oxford 1922. pp. lxxxviii-ix)

1-3. Introductory.

1. Biographical writing in the present age as compared with the     past.

2. Its perils under Domitian.

3. Difficulty of reviving literature even under the present rule. This work a tribute of dutiful affection.

4-9. Life of Agricola to his Consulship.

4. His parentage, early life, and education.

5. His first military service under Suetonius Paulinus in Britain.

6. His marriage; birth of a daughter; his quaestorship, tribuneship, praetorship, employment by Galba.

7. His mother killed in the civil war: he supports Vespasian, and is appointed by Mucianus to the command of the Second legion in Britain.

8. His service under Vettius Bolanus, and active employment under Petilius Cerialis.

9. He is made a patrician and governor of Aquitania, becomes consul, gives his daughter in marriage to Tacitus, and is appointed legatus of Britain.

10-12. Description of Britain.

10. Situation and form of the island, its circumnavigation; the arcades, Thule; the character of the northern sea.

11. The races of Britain, Caledonians, Silurians, and Gauls.

12. Their mode of warfare and political state; the climate, length of the days, products of the country.

13-17. Progress of Roman conquest before Agricola.

13. Invasion of Julius Caesar, project of Gaius, occupation by Claudius and distinction gained by Vespasian.

14. The government of Plautius, Ostorius, Didius, Veranius, and Suetonius Paulinus; attack on Mona (Anglesey) by Paulinus.

15. The great rebellion, grievances and hopes of the people.

16. Defeat of Boudicca by Paulinus; his harshness; government of Petronius, Trebellius, and Bolanus.

17. Conquests made by Cerialis and Frontinus.

18-38. Campaigns of Agricola.

18. First year. His arrival at midsummer, total defeat of the Ordovices, invasion and surrender of Mona.  

19. His internal administration, and redress of grievances.

20. Second year. Surrender of several states, and forts planted round them.

21. Measures taken to promote the Romanization of the Britons.

22. Third year. Advance to the estuary Tanaus; his skill in fortifying and securing positions.

23. Fourth year. The isthmus between the Clota (Clyde) and Bodotria (Forth) occupied.

24. Fifth year. An expedition by sea; the coast facing Ireland occupied, with a view to invasion.

25. Sixth year. Expedition beyond the Bodotria ; the army supported by the fleet; offensive taken by the Caledonians.

26. Attack on the camp of the Ninth legion repulsed.

27 Eagerness to invade Caledonia; gatherings of the Britons.

28. Escape of a cohort of Usipi; their perilous voyage.

29. Seventh year. Death of Agricola's infant son: march to Mons Graupius, where the enemy had gathered in force.

31-2. Speech of Calgacus, a British chief.

33-4. Speech of Agricola.

35-7. Great battle and victory of the Romans.

38. Dispersion of the enemy: Agricola marches through the territory of the Boresti to winter-quarters; the fleet, after circumnavigating the north coast, occupies the port us Trucculensis.

39-46. Recall and last years of Agricola.

39. Jealousy of Domitian.

40. Honours granted to Agricola: his recall and return to Rome, and unostentatious life.

41. Disasters in other provinces; AgrIcola's name made perilously prominent; charges against him dismissed.

42. He is forced to solicit leave to decline a proconsulate: his character a type of the good citizen in evil times.

43. His last illness; only his wife present; suspicions of poison; conduct of Domitian.

44. Death of Agricola, Aug. 23, A. D. 93: his personal appearance: completeness of his life.

45. His death happily spared him from witnessing the horrors that followed it: Tacitus regrets his own absence.

46. Epilogue: hope of immortality. Imitation of character the best memorial to the great.