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Mons Graupius

Bennachie, Aberdeenshire

Rome's great victory in Scotland, at a site nobody has found.

The Roman writer Tacitus describes how his father-in-law Agricola defeated the Caledonians at Mons Graupius, giving a famous speech to their leader Calgacus: 'They make a desert and call it peace.' Nobody knows where the battle was fought.

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When
AD 83 or 84
Where
57.2900, -2.5300
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Bennachie has a visitor centre and hill walks.

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