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CEREALIS (CERIALIS), PETILLIUS (1st See also:century A.D.) , See also:Roman See also:general, a near relative of the See also:emperor See also:Vespasian. He is first heard of during the reign of See also:Nero in See also:Britain, where he was completely defeated (A.D. 61) by See also:Boadicea. Eight years later he played an important See also:part in the See also:capture of See also:Rome by the supporters of Vespasian. In 70 he put down the revolt of See also:Civilis (q.v.). In 71, aS See also:governor of Britain, where he had as a subordinate the famous See also:Agricola, he inflicted severe defeats upon the See also:Brigantes, the most powerful of the' tribes of Britain. See also:Tacitus says that he was a bold soldier rather than a careful general, and preferred to stake everything on the issue of a single engagement. He possessed natural eloquence of a See also:kind that readily appealed to his soldiers. His See also:loyalty towards his superiors was unshakable. Tacitus, See also:Annals, xiv. 32; Histories, iii. 59, 78, iv.

71, 75, 86, v.21; Agricola, 8, 17.

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