I. Introduction

II. The 'Agricola' as an Historical Source

1. Manuscript Transmission

2. Obscurity of Expression

3. Rhetorical Exaggeration

4. Factual Accuracy

5. Bias

III. Archaeology and the 'Agricola'

IV. Agricola's Career Structure

1. Accelerated Promotion

2. Dates of Consulship and Governorship of Britain

3. Proconsulship

V. Britain before Agricola

VI. Agricola and the Conquest of Wales

VII. Agricola and the Conquest of Northern England

VIII. Agricola and the Conquest of Scotland

1. The Third, Fourth and Fifth Campaigns

2. The Sixth and Seventh Campaigns

IX. Agricola the General

X. Agricola the Builder

XI. Agricola the Civil Administrator

XII. Conclusions

XIII. Bibliography