The Caledonian Confederacy is a name given by historians to a group of disparate tribes inhabiting the Scottish Highlands at the time of the Roman occupation of Britain. The Scottish Highlands are considered to be the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ... The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843-1806). ... The word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK) the island of Great Britain, which consists of the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales sometimes the Roman province called Britain or Britannia The word British generally means belonging to or associated with Britain in one of the...

They were Pictish hillfort builders who combined forces on at least two occasions in an attempt to defeat the Roman army. In AD 83 or 84, led by Calgacus, they were defeated by Gnaeus Julius Agricola at Mons Graupius and in 209 they surrendered to Septimus Severus. The Picts inhabited Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth. ... Calgacus was the Romanised name of the leader of the Caledonian Confederacy who fought the Roman army of Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius in AD 83 or 84. ... Gnaeus Julius Agricola (July 13, 40 - August 23, 93) was a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. ... The Battle of Mons Graupius took place in AD 83 or 84. ... Events Publius Septimius Geta receives the titles of Imperator and Augustus from his father, Roman emperor Septimius Severus. ... Emperor Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus, (April 11, 146 - February 4, 211) was Roman emperor from April 9, 193 to 211. ...

By 210 however, the Caledonians had revolted and formed an alliance with the Maeatae. A punitive expedition led by Severus' son, Caracalla was sent out with the purpose of slaughtering every Caledonian it encountered. Severus meanwhile prepared for conquest but already ill, he died at York in 211. Caracalla attempted to take over command but when his troops refused to recognise him as emperor, he made peace with the Caledonians and retreated south to press his claim for the throne. Events Caracalla is Roman Consul Births Dexippus, Greek historian Mani, founder of Manichaeism (approximate date) Deaths Sauromates II King of Bosporus Claudius Galen, Greek scholar Monoimus, Arab gnostic (approximate date) Zhou Yu, Chinese strategist Categories: 210 ... The Maeatae were a confederation of tribes who lived probably between Hadrians Wall and the Antonine Wall or possibly just on either side of Hadrians Wall in Roman Britain. ... Caracalla Caracalla (April 4, 186–April 8, 217) was emperor of the Roman Empire from AD 211–217. ... Events The city of York becomes the capital of Britannia Inferior, a northern province of the Roman Empire. ...

The Caledonian Confederacy did not include the broch building peoples of the far north of Scotland who appear to have been in conflict with the Caledonians and probably more sympathetic to Rome. Dun Carloway Broch, Lewis, Scotland The Broch is an Iron Age round tower fortification type unique to Scotland. ...