Marcus Tullius Cicero

Did the Romans invade Ireland (Hibernia)? At first all answers seemed to point towards no, but recently a Roman camp was found 20 miles south of Dublin at Drumanagh. The Governor of Brittania in 78-84 AD Gnaeus Juliius Agricola, father in law of the historian Tacitus, said that Hibernia could be conquered by one legion alone. I am hoping there is someone on this site that can help me answer this question. It appears that the Latin culture spread to Hibernia, but was this forced by a military expedition or by immigration of recently subjugated tribespeople of Brittania who were fleeing Roman rule.

Thank you Germanicus. Is there a good translation you would recomend?

So they were a matter of opprotunity for Caesar, but why would he want to be taken away from Danube and Illyria? Wouldn't more have been gained for Caesar, and eventually Rome, if he stayed in those regions?

I will be honest, I slept a lot in that latin class. I will look for my translation and find the passage. I don't have it with me here. Since we are all in agreement that it is propaganda, how can we look at any passage without some degree of skepticism? And yes, I know we can't look at events that happend in the past with the morals of today, but what threat were the Helvatians? I do not understand much of Caesar, so I am not trying to be smart or raise good points, I just have some questions about it. Thank you everyone.

You could also say that the commentaries were propaganda. Take for example the slaughter of the Helvatians at the Arar. He managed to take the murder of women and children and turn it into a moral victory, because we know how those crafty Swiss are. He also spoke about unicorns and horses without knees.