Classical Caledonia
Roman History and Myth in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
(Author) Alan MontgomeryIntroduction ; Chapter 1: Imagining a Classical Caledonia: Sir Robert Sibbald's Vision of Scotland's Roman Past ; Chapter 2: Walled Out of Humanity: Sir John Clerk and his Circle ; Chapter 3: Resisting the 'Conquerors of the Universe': Celebrating the Caledonian Rejection of Rome ; Chapter 4: 'Beyond the Vallum': English Interpretations of Scottish History ; Chapter 5: 'Monuments and Delights of the Arts': Rediscovering the Material Remains of Rome in Scotland ; Chapter 6: Reconquering the Highlands: Hanoverian Interpretations of Roman Scotland ; Chapter 7: The Age of 'Agricolamania': Early Modern Uses and Abuses of Tacitus' Agricola ; Chapter 8: Forging a Nation: The Spurious Histories of Charles Bertram and James Macpherson ; Chapter 9: After Ossian: Changing Interpretations of Roman Scotland ; Conclusion