Agricola is a portrait of Julius Agricola, a governor of Roman Britain, and the first surviving account of the. All this in their ignorance, they called civilization, when it was but a part of their servitude. Two works by the Roman historian, Tacitus. Step by step they were led to things which dispose to vice, the lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. Hence, too, a liking sprang up for our style of dress, and the "toga" became fashionable. He likewise provided a liberal education for the sons of the chiefs, and showed such a preference for the natural powers of the Britons over the industry of the Gauls that they who lately disdained the tongue of Rome now coveted its eloquence. Thus an honourable rivalry took the place of compulsion. For, to accustom to rest and repose through the charms of luxury a population scattered and barbarous and therefore inclined to war, Agricola gave private encouragement and public aid to the building of temples, courts of justice and dwelling-houses, praising the energetic, and reproving the indolent. “The following winter passed without disturbance, and was employed in salutary measures.
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