17 When however Vespasian had
restored to unity Britain
as well as the rest of the world, in the presence of the great generals and
renowned armies the enemy’s hopes were crushed. They were at once
panic-stricken by the attack of Petilius Cerialis on the state of the
Brigantes, said to be the most prosperous in the entire province. There were
many battles, some by no means bloodless, and his conquests, or at least his
wars, embraced a large part of the territory of the Brigantes. Indeed he would
have altogether thrown into the shade the activity and renown of any other
successor; but Julius Frontus was equal to the burden, a great man as far as
greatness was then possible, who subdued by his arms the powerful and warlike
tribe of the Silures, surmounting the difficulties of the country as well as
the valour of the enemy.
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