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Calgacus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (422 words) |
 | Calgacus (sometimes Galgacus) was the leader of the Caledonian Confederacy who fought the Roman army of Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius in northern Scotland in AD 83 or 84. |
| Calgacus is not mentioned during or after the battle and he is not named as one of the hostages Agricola took with him after putting the Caledonians to flight. |
| It is therefore unclear as to whether he was killed in combat or escaped to play a part in the uneasy peace of succeeding decades. |
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| There has been much dispute over the years as to the actual site of the battle, though it is generally believed now to have been on the lower slopes of Benachie, in Aberdeenshire. |
| Calgacus, a local tribal leader, had united the tribes against the Romans, and the battle was described by Agricola's son-in-law, Tacitus. |
| Some later commentators have claimed that Calgacus was captured, and once Agricola's term as Governor was over, returned with him to Rome to be paraded in triumph and then executed. |
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