•Clittf>2XII. OT Ilfl> A'* t'fi £ SITTE R. "4*o ■refcrm : the ^gtiifi&ht "ablation 13f ©W?m fJachWr, Hthe-'i&fee tjf thfc Veaviridrie^, or 'the Mbbntafcfe c#?he'Pfc*s, to the^refent ^period f ». HaVing therefore ceriqtfered fcll the eaftern and nortli- /eaftern -fliorei and having {bice&fa&ly re&tced tfie mountaineers W^a^enoch ah* Athol> I^llius . wotfkl c^rtaiftiy iibt have dh-
- 0*tmued his oonqUefti if he had '&w>fl & practicable to extend
Hfremi Lolthis fead made a^tfdgtefc: which noae of the Romans kad 'made before 4»ftn, and wiuft iwve eagerly wifhed to have crowned his fuccefles and to have completed his glory by the '4bfetM*4ta ^«i^cfJf|Ibjd»ioW'iof 'thwaftuibbrfn Wanders^ iAnd the^Qale&nians -afterwards "burfl 'from Vheir mountain-barrier -anil gtsack^d the .Romans iti their, ftew fconqvfeft^ w-kh fo orodh ■VMjotfr arid perfeveranee, : that m Jofs than -thirty years after r the -expedition ofl/ollrus the Hota'ans '.were #nl!irely beaten oat *f Iftiem all, - %efe dfflbdged i eWn front thWtxmqutffts of !Agricok*?n ^hecounr^y'c^'rtie*^oreflrfi, sand' were fbnietf to Ihelter them- Telve's behind the vallum of Antonintrs ^.- - : - . ; * ! *fiie next and the fctft 'great attempt tb' reduce the -Caledonians ^was rnade'.by the llttrrfan emperor ih perfon, by Severus and By ~tfte'Hvfa)le' collected' power of the empire -under him. The Ca- Yed$uans wereVfieh tfahjefc to Fihgal,':the Vmd-Gall or Head "of the hauls, &e fen of Comhal, the gftn&bVi t5ff ff athal, arid trne great grahtlfbri of iTremnor, • a penaragon worthy to be the antagonift of Severus, a chief worthy to Bs the iieroof Offian ' Severus paffed the two walls 7 and entered the country. The .Calodoftians perpetually hung vnfeen unoji his army: during {heir Warap, attacked him vigoroiifly at*every aSvaftt^geoiis turn,. and frequently arevy nis parties ijito artful ambuljcades n + Thu$ con- ^tihualjy: bar raffed by a bold and watchful enemy, the' rtomaAs <,.W$re reduceel to cpnfiderat * ' f * n " r *•**-" .«•>•.•• _n?i « u. ■__ tall their uck^nd. wounded ^ .« __. ,. .,-. H ,,.^ , alive! into the H ai >3p "°f & e enemy, .'Jurf.k&uaiiy Iott.no ifefe 1 than >fiftV>Wfana men iti'tfc ^xpctebii^aTAfca ArittA'thr Aft. ^tons, at laft ceded a coniiderable tract or ground to tn£ Romans . fqr peace, a part of the country nndoubtcdly that had been pffe- nYfflSfty fabctaecl ky Lollius ' 7i , alt' the conquered Masataef* imme- H h h 2 diately
