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fche war thus bloody, seemed determined to cut chat.off all hopes of peace or composition with the i.enemy. But this cruelty was revenged by Sueto-nius in a great and decisive battle, where 80,000of the Britons are said to have perished; andBoadicea herself, rather than fall into the handsof the enraged victor, put an end to her ownlife by poison “. Nero soon after recalled Sueto-nius from a government, where , by suffering andinflicting so many severities , he was judgedimproper for composing the angry and alarmedminds of the inhabitants. After some interval,

Cerealis received the command from Vespasian,and by his bravery propagated the terror of theRoman arms. Julius Frontinus succeeded Cerealisboth in authority and in reputation : But thegeneral, who finally established the dominion okthe Romans in this island, was Julius Agricola,who governed it in the reigns of Vespasian ,

Titus, and Domitian , and distinguished himselfin that scene of action.

This great commander formed a regular planfor subduing Britain, and rendering the acquisi-tion useful to the conquerors. He carried hisvictorious arms northwards, defeated the Britonsin every encounter, pierced into the inaccessibleforests and mountains of Caledonia , reduced everystate to subjection in the southern parts of theisland, and chaced before him all the men offiercer and more intractable spirits , who deemedwar and death itself less intolerable than servitude

" Tacit. Ann. lib. 14.