Chapter I

ADVANCE OF THE ROMANS TO THE FIRTHS OF
FORTH AND CLYDE.

Early notices of the British Isles 29
B.C. 55. Invasion of Julius Cæsar 31
A.D. 43. Formation of province in reign of Claudius 33
A.D. 50. War with the Brigantes 36
A.D. 69. War with the Brigantes renewed 39
A.D. 78. Arrival of Julius Agricola as governor 41
A.D. 79. Second Campaign of Agricola; overruns districts on 43
the Solway
A.D. 80. Third summer; ravages to the Tay 45
A.D. 81. Fourth summer; fortifies the isthmus between Forth 46
and Clyde
A.D. 82. Fifth summer; visits Argyll and Kintyre 47
A.D. 83-86. Three years’ war north of the Forth 48
A.D. 86. Battle of ‘Mons Granpius’ 52
A.D. 120. Arrival of the Emperor Hadrian, and first Roman 60
wall between the Tyne and the Solway