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Agricola by Tacitus
Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb
Chapter 27: Agricola in Britain. Scotland (cont.)[AD 83]
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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 [Note 1] 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 parted.

Note 1: general = Agricola

Event: Agricola in Britain: 83 AD