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extensive, comprising the greater part of Yorkshire 

 and Durham on the sea coast, and Lancashire, West- 

 moreland and Cumberland on the west. Their 

 kingdom consequently included this district. The 

 eastern Brigantes situated towards the sea coast 

 made a vigorous resistance against the Romans, 

 defending their towns and property with the most 

 determined valour ; and it was not till they had 

 made every effort and exhausted all their means, 

 that they yielded to the invincible power of the 

 Roman arms, the propraetor Petilius received their 

 submission in the reign of Vespasian, A. D. 70. 



Eight years after the Romans had gained this 

 advantage over the greatest part of the war- 

 like Brigantes, Agricola was appointed to the 

 government of Britain, being well acquainted 

 with the country, and having acquired his 

 military skill in it, under Suetonius Paulinus, 

 where he afterwards distinguished himself as a 

 commander of the twentieth legion under Bolanus 

 and Periales : he used every means finally to over- 

 come the Brigantes, he explored the woods and 

 forests, and marked out proper stations for encamp- 

 ments, and erected a chain of posts along the 

 frontiers of his extensive conquests, and pushed his 

 victories even to the Caledonians ; so that he may 

 be considered the final conqueror of the warlike Bri- 

 gantes: The ancient capita] of the Brigantes was 

 Isurium, or Aldborough, near Boroughbridge, but 

 in latter times Eboracum, or York, the head quart- 

 ers of ihe sixth legion had the first rank. Here the 

 Emperor Severus died, so did Constantius, and his 



