[Sidenote: PETRONIUS TURPILIANUS LIEUTENANT.]
In place of Suetonius, was Petronius Turpilianus (who had latelie
béene consull) appointed to haue gouernance of the armie in Britaine,
the which neither troubling the enimie, nor being of the enimie in
anie wise troubled or prouoked, did colour slouthfull rest with the
honest name of peace and quietnesse, and so sat still without
exploiting anie notable enterprise.
[Sidenote: TREBELLIUS MAXIMUS LIEUTENANT.]
After Turpilianus, Trebellius Maximus was made lieutenant of Britaine,
who likewise with courteous demeanour sought to kéepe the Britains in
rest rather than by force to compell them. And now began the people of
the Ile to beare with pleasant faults and flattering vices, so that
the ciuill warres that chanced in those daies after the death of the
emperour Nero at home, might easilie excuse the slouthfulnesse of the
Romane lieutenants.
Moreouer, there rose dissention amongest their men of warre, which
being vsed to lie abroad in the field, could not agrée with the idle
life; so that Trebellius Maximus was glad to hide himselfe from the
sight of the souldiers being in an vprore against him, till at length
humbling himselfe vnto them further than became his estate, he
gouerned by waie of intreatie, or rather at their courtesie. And so
was the commotion staied without bloudshed, the armie as it were
hauing by couenant obtained to liue licentiouslie, and the capteine
suertie to liue without danger to be murthered.
[Sidenote: VICTIUS VOLANUS LIEUTENAT.]
Neither Victius Volanus that succéeded Maximus whilest the time of the
ciuill warres as yet endured, did trouble the Britains, vsing the same
slacknesse and slouth that the other lieutenants had vsed before him,
and permitted the like licence to the presumptuous souldiers: but yet
was Volanus innocent as touching himselfe, and not hated for anie
notable crime or vice: so that he purchased fauour, although
authoritie wanted.
But after that the emperour Vsepasianus had subdued his aduersaries,
and atteined the imperiall gouernment, as well ouer Britaine as ouer
[Sidenote: _Cor. Tacitus._]
other parts of the world, there were sent hither right noble capteins,
with diuers notable bands of souldiers, and Petilius Cerialis being
appointed lieutenant, put the Britains in great feare, by inuading the
Brigants the mightiest nation of all the whole Iland: and fighting
manie battels, and some right bloudie with those people, he subdued a
great part of the countrie at the last.
[Sidenote: IULIUS FRONTINUS LIEUTENAT.]
After him succéeded as lieutenant of Britaine, one Iulius Frontinus,
who vanquished and brought to the Romane subiection by force of armes
the people called Silures, striuing not onelie against the stout
resistance of the men, but also with the hardnesse & combersome
troubles of the places.
¶ Thus may you perceiue in what state this Ile stood in the time that
Aruiragus reigned in the same, as is supposed by the best histories of
the old Britains: so that it may be thought that he gouerned rather a
part of this land, than the whole, and bare the name of a king, the
Romans not hauing so reduced the countrie into the forme of a
prouince, but that the Britains bare rule in diuerse parts thereof,
and that by the permission of the Romans, which neuerthelesse had
their lieutenants and procuratours here, that bare the greatest rule
vnder the aforesaid emperours.
* * * * *
_The state of this Iland under Marius the sonne of Aruiragus, the
comming in of the Picts with Roderike their king, his death in the
field, the Picts and Scots enter into mutuall aliance, the monument
of Marius, his victorie ouer the Picts, his death and interrement._