et quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum ac recentis legati animum opperiri, cum Agricola, quamquam transvecta aestas, sparsi per provinciam numeri, praesumpta apud militem illius anni quies, tarda et contraria bellum incohaturo, et plerisque custodiri suspecta potius videbatur, ire obviam discrimini statuit; contractisque legionum vexillis et modica auxiliorum manu, quia in aequum degredi Ordovices non audebant, ipse ante agmen, quo ceteris par animus simili periculo  esset	, erexit aciem.
Those who wanted war applauded the precedent, and waited to see how the new governor would react. As for Agricola, though the summer was over, though the different units were scattered through the province, though his soldiers had already laid aside service for that year'all factors of delay and hindrance if he was to begin fighting'and although the balance of opinion was in favour of merely guarding the disaffected areas, he decided to confront the danger. He gathered the detachments of the several legions and a small force of auxiliaries, and then, when the Ordovices did not venture to descend from the hills, led his army to the uplands, himself marching in the van to inspire the rest with equal courage to face similar peril.
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