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Galgacus
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Galgacus (lived 1st century AD)

Caledonian chieftain who organized the bitter resistance offered about AD 85 to the Roman invaders under Gnaeus Julius Agricola. He was finally defeated at the Battle of Mons Graupius, Scotland, in AD 84.



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The words that Tacitus put into the mouth of the British chieftain Calgacus before a battle with the Romans are instructive: "They make a desert, and they call it peace.
The ethics of realism by Lieven, Anatol / The National Interest
Young men of Boston: burnish your armor, prepare for the conflict, and I say to you, in the language of Calgacus to the ancient Britons, think of your forefathers
Jimmy Polk's war by Buchanan, Patrick / The National Interest
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