Although Tacitus is usually considered to be the most reliable author of this era, his views on Domitian are complicated by the fact that his father-in-law, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, may have been a personal enemy of the Emperor.

Although Cartimandua is first mentioned by Tacitus in AD 51, her rule over the Brigantes may have already been established when the emperor Claudius began the organized conquest of Britain in 43: she may have been one of the eleven " kings " who Claudius ' triumphal arch says surrendered without a fight.

Although there is little clear contemporary account of him, virtually all Roman historians agree that Postumus was considered a rude and brutish sort ; Tacitus defended him, but his praise was slight: was the young, physically tough, indeed brutish, Agrippa Postumus.

Although another possible exaggeration, Tacitus records that during one of Nero's feasts the prefect Tigellinus had brothels filled with upper class women.

Although a few scholars question the passage given that Tacitus was born 25 years after Jesus's death, the majority of scholars consider it genuine.

Although Tacitus listed the Venethi as a tribe in Germania, in his Getica, Jordanes equated the Venethi with the Sclavenes and Antes.

* Although the term Germanic has a linguistic definition today, Roman authors such as Caesar and Tacitus did not clearly divide the Celts from what they called the Germans based on languages.

Although Ostorius was concerned at the seemingly impregnable defences, Tacitus records that the eagerness and loyalty of his troops persuaded him to attack and in the end the Britons were easily defeated.

Although he was honoured with a consulship by the Emperor Claudius in 46, according to Cassius Dio ( 60. 1 ), and he served his proconsulship as Governor of the Province of Asia, Torquatus did not survive the death of that Emperor, whom the historian Tacitus hints was speeded on his way to Godhood by consuming funghi porcini doused with a dose of poison delectabili cibo boleto venenum — said to have been administered at the instigation of the emperor's fourth wife, Agrippina the Younger.

Although Tacitus exonerates the young Emperor Nero of Torquatus ' death, the ' first crime of the new principate ,' ( Ann.

" Although Tacitus, like many historians of his day, was given to invent stirring speeches for such occasions, Suetonius's speech here is unusually blunt and practical.

Although criticised by Tacitus as being reactive and defensive, he was probably acting on instructions from Claudius who did not consider the benefits of further conquest in difficult terrain to be great enough to warrant the risk.

Although Tacitus refers to part of his work as " my annals ", the title of the work Annals used today was not assigned by Tacitus himself, but derives from its year-by-year structure.

Although Tacitus refers to part of his work as " my annals ", the title of the work Annals used today was not assigned by Tacitus himself, but derives from its year-by-year structure.

Although the Angrivarii receive brief mention in Ptolemy ( 2. 10 ) and the Germania of Tacitus ( 33 ), they appear mainly at several locations in Annales.

Although wanted by the sheriff for killing an old man named Asher Jones, the warrant for his arrest had never been served.

Although she found she was thirsty, she was about to refuse ( never, never take candy from a strange man ) when she saw the bottle was unopened.

Although he never gets to play while the clock is running, he gets a big kick -- several every Saturday, in fact -- out of football.

Although reaching No. 8 in the world in 2000, she never won a WTA Title in singles.

Although Asser never mentions Alfred's law code, he does say that Alfred insisted that his judges be literate, so that they could apply themselves " to the pursuit of wisdom.

Although Grothendieck himself never published his work in this area, the proposal became the inspiration for work by other mathematicians and the source of the theory of dessins d ' enfants.

Although he had for many years " harbored an ambition to create work for a public square ", he " had never set foot in New York, and knew nothing about life in a rapidly evolving metropolis.

Although Capp's endorsement activities never rivaled Li ' l Abner's or Fearless Fosdick's, he was a celebrity spokesman in print ads for Sheaffer Snorkel fountain pens ( along with colleagues and close friends Milton Caniff and Walt Kelly ), and — with an irony that would become apparent later — a brand of cigarettes, ( Chesterfield ).

Although Buzzcut's first name was never given in the series, it was revealed in This Book Sucks.

Although the embargo was never officially ratified by the United Nations Security Council, most countries refrained from official trade with Burundi.

Although the original had been one of Marc Almond's all-time favourite songs, he had never read the lyrics and thus incorrectly sang " What'll it be, what'll it be, you and me " instead of " Falling free, falling free, falling free ".

Although Pasternak never left his wife, this initiated an extramarital relationship which would last for the remainder of Pasternak's life.

Although BJU never reapplied for federal tax-exempt status, and it continues to pay federal taxes, a number of its ancillaries, including Bob Jones Academy and the BJU Museum & Gallery, are tax-exempt entities.

Although the Bible never says " Jesus is God ", trinity based theology summarily claims: " Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man in one person, and will be so forever.

Although never president, Diego Portales dominated Chilean politics from the cabinet and behind the scenes from 1830 to 1837.

Although Love said she would " never write a book ", she did publish a memoir in 2006 titled Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love.

Although Confucius claimed that he never invented anything but was only transmitting ancient knowledge ( see Analects VII, 1 ), he did produce a number of new ideas.

Although never formally endorsed by CND nationally, INDEC candidates were generally put up by local CND groups as a means of raising the profile of this issue in public politics.

Although Coleco presented a mock-up of the SGM at the 1983 New York Toy Show, that product was never manufactured.

Although an amphibious invasion was never in question, blockading by Union naval forces was common, particularly at Halifax, where Confederate navy ships sought refuge and reprovisioning.

Although Van Gogh never boarded with him, Pissarro did explain to him the various ways of finding and expressing light and color, ideas which he later used in his paintings, notes Lucien.

Although the Christadelphian movement originated through the activities of John Thomas, he never saw himself as setting up his own disciples.

Although the CCC was probably the most popular New Deal program, it never became a permanent agency.

Although the PDP-2 never proceeded beyond the initial design, the PDP-3 found some interest and was designed in full.

Although the metre is now defined as the path length travelled by light in a given time, the practical laboratory length measurements in metres are determined by counting the number of wavelengths of laser light of one of the standard types that fit into the length, and converting the selected unit of wavelength to metres.

Although poorly paid, she saved whatever she could and travelled as often as possible to Copenhagen to be with Lars, often just over a weekend, spending most of her time on the train back and forth.

Although he lived in Paris, Ferrary travelled frequently, meeting with dealers along the way, and often paying them in gold on the spot.

Although 60 years old during the Vietnam War, he travelled hundreds of miles, huddling in tunnels with NVA and Viet Cong soldiers while being attacked by US forces.

Although LeBlanc enjoyed all the provinces and territories, his visits touching small towns as well as big cities, he travelled to events in his home province to a degree that some saw as disproportionate.

Although they rarely travelled faster than the walking speed of a man, camels ' ability to handle harsh conditions made them ideal for communication and trade in the desert areas of northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula for centuries, though they could only travel on routes with sufficient sources of food and water.

Although Heseltine's enthusiasm for Delius's music was diminished, he accepted Beecham's assignment, and travelled to Grez in search of forgotten compositions that could be resurrected for the festival.

Although the original author of the song is unknown, Shosholoza is a traditional miner's song, originally sung by groups of men from the Ndebele ethnic group that travelled by steam train from their homes in Zimbabwe to work in South Africa's diamond and gold mines.

Although he did botanical work in this region, Swainsona is named after his cousin Isaac Swainson ( 1746 – 1812 ), who never travelled to this region.

Although Lewis and Clark had travelled this way previously, many of their specimens had been lost.

Although this may not increase the number of trips, it increases vehicle-kilometres travelled.

Although he is seen driving various cars himself in the series, he always has a driver when using the Consul ( and the similar Ford Granada models used in later stories ), which served as a Squad car: when the Squad travelled they always went " mob handed ".

Although the leather and textile trades were still major features of the Birmingham economy in the early 16th century, the increasing importance of the manufacture of iron goods, as well as the interdependence between the manufacturers of Birmingham and the raw materials of the area that later became known as the Black Country, were recognised by the antiquary John Leland when he travelled through in 1538, providing the town's earliest surviving eyewitness description.

Although he never reached his final goal, Lhasa in Tibet, he travelled through regions unknown to the west, such as northern Tibet, modern Qinghai and Dzungaria.

Although he travelled as a priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, he was suspected by British and Russian Intelligence of being an officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Although he travelled as a secretary of Otani's Buddhist temple in Kyoto, he was suspected, correctly, by British and Russian Intelligence of being in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Although he explored the upper Congo, Livingstone never travelled to this part of the river and the Falls were named in his honour by Henry Morton Stanley.

Although the two matches against the English played in Wales where played in Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, the Welsh travelled around England for away matches, playing in Coventry, Oldham, Plymouth and St Helens.

Although he graduated with First Class Honours in 1906, he didn't find immediate employment and travelled the country making watercolour paintings.

Although such covers may look positively blackened with the overlapping marks, they are not common and so are highly valued by collectors of postal history, being described as " well travelled ".

Although trains no longer run from the township, the 95 km Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail allows cyclists to travel the same route that train passengers would have travelled via the townships of Myrtleford, Beechworth and Wangaratta.

Although he barely knew her, he travelled to Thailand to see what he could do.

Although he never travelled far, he accumulated a large collection of flora of Australia and the Dutch East Indies through an extensive network of correspondents.

Although King Badi was seen by many as being responsible for this act, the Scots traveller James Bruce, who travelled through Sennar later in the eighteenth century, accused the Franciscans of having manipulated the events that led to these deaths.