Everything about Calgacus totally explained
Calgacus (sometimes
Calgacos or
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. His name can be as interpreted as
Celtic *calg-ac-os, "possessing a blade" or "possessing a penis".
The only historical source that features him is
Tacitus'
Agricola which describes him as "the most distinguished for birth and valour among the chieftains". Tacitus wrote a speech for him in advance of the battle in which he describes the exploitation of Britain by Rome and rouses his troops to fight.
The following excerpt is a speech attributed to Calgacus by the historian Tacitus in the
Agricola (30):
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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