Agricola 17

Agr. 17.1Sed ubi cum cēterō orbe Vespasiānus et Britanniam reciperāvit, magnī ducēs, ēgregiī exercitūs, minūta hostium spēs.But when Vespasian recovered Britain too along with the rest of the world, there were great generals and excellent armies, and the enemy's hopes were diminished. Agr. 17.2Et terrōrem statim intulit Petilius Ceriālis, Brigantum cīvitātem, quae numerōsissima prōvinciae tōtīus perhibētur, adgressus.And Petilius Cerialis at once struck terror by attacking the state of the Brigantes, which is said to be the most populous of the whole province. Agr. 17.2Multa proelia, et aliquandō nōn incruenta;There were many battles, some of them not without bloodshed; Agr. 17.2magnamque Brigantum partem aut victōriā amplexus est aut bellō.and he took in a large part of the Brigantes either by victory or by war. Agr. 17.3Et Ceriālis quidem alterīus successōris cūram fāmamque obruisset: sustinuitque mōlem Iūlius Frontīnus, vir magnus, quantum licēbat, validamque et pugnācem Silurum gentem armīs subēgit, super virtūtem hostium locōrum quoque difficultātēs ēluctātus.And Cerialis would indeed have overshadowed the diligence and the fame of any other successor: but Julius Frontinus, a great man, so far as greatness was then allowed, took up the burden and subdued by arms the strong and warlike tribe of the Silures, struggling against the difficulties of the terrain as well as the courage of the enemy.