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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb) | 56 | 0 | Browse | Search |
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War | 50 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Venerable Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum (ed. Charles Plummer) | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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C. Suetonius Tranquillus, The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson) | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Cornelius Tacitus, The Life of Cnæus Julius Agricola (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), chapter 27 (search)
Knowing this, and elated by their glory, our army exclaimed that nothing
could resist their valour—that they must penetrate the recesses of Caledonia, and at length after an unbroken succession of
battles, discover the furthest limits of Britain.
Those who but now were cautious and prudent, became after the event eager
and boastful. It is the singularly unfair peculiarity of war that the credit
of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.
But the Britons thinking themselves baffled, not so much by our valour as by
our general's skilful use of an opportunity, abated nothing of their
arrogant demeanour, arming their youth, removing their wives and children to
a place of safety, and assembling together to ratify, with sacred rites, a
confederacy of all their states. Thus, with angry feelings on both sides,
the combatants parte