Mons Graupius

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Mons Graupius

historical site, Europe

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Grampian Mountains
…derive their name from the Mons Graupius of the Roman historian Tacitus, the undetermined site of the battle in which the Roman general Agricola defeated the indigenous Picts (c. ad 84). The name usually refers to the entire mass of the central Highlands between Glen Mor and the wall-like southern…
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…derive their name from the Mons Graupius of the Roman historian Tacitus, the undetermined site of the battle in which the Roman general Agricola defeated the indigenous Picts (c. ad 84). The name usually refers to the entire mass of the central Highlands between Glen Mor and the wall-like southern…
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