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Gnaeus Julius Agricola (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ k ə l ə /; 13 June 40 – 23 August 93) was a Roman general and politician responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain.Born to a political family of senatorial rank, Agricola began his military career as a military tribune under governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus.
The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit.On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman writer, Tacitus, written c. AD 98. The work recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain from AD 77/78 – 83/84. [1]
Georgius Agricola (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ k ə l ə /; born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau , in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire , he was broadly educated, but took a particular interest in the mining and refining of metals .
Agricola's campaigns. The new governor was Agricola, returning to Britain, and made famous through the highly laudatory biography of him written by his son-in-law, Tacitus. Arriving in mid-78, Agricola completed the conquest of Wales in defeating the Ordovices [42] who had destroyed a cavalry ala of Roman auxiliaries stationed in their ...
Agricola (vir inlustris) (fl. 466–485), son of the Western Roman Emperor Avitus; Saints Vitalis and Agricola (died 304), martyrs; Agricola of Avignon (c. 630–c. 700), bishop of Avignon and saint; Saint Agricola of Nevers (died 594), bishop of Nevers; Agricola of Chalon-sur-Saône (died 580), bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône
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Although Agricola died in 1555, the publication was delayed until the completion of the extensive and detailed woodcuts one year after his death. A German translation was published in 1557 and a second Latin edition appeared in 1561. A version in Spanish, though not a mere translation, was produced by Bernardo Pérez de Vargas in 1569.
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