In the summer of 84 Agricola defeated the massed armies of the Caledonians, possibly led by Calgacus, at the battle of Mons Graupius.
Some of the arrangements begin with a classic quote by Calgacus, a statement of resistance against Roman occupation ending with the famous observation that 'where they create a desert, they call it peace', held by historians such as Tacitus to be emblematic of the 'barbarian' spirit of freedom, though in the greater context of Blood Axis' repertoire (and their careful, but not inaccurate, Latin translation) it holds equal symbolic meaning in the modern milieu.
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