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How would you best describe Agricola's professional life?

  • Limited to specific subjects

  • Focused solely on one work

  • Broad and accomplished in many fields

  • Confined to theoretical work

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Agricola had a broad and accomplished professional life. He was a general, a politician, a writer, and a scholar. He served as governor of Britain under the Emperor Domitian, and he was responsible for the conquest of the province. He was also a prolific writer, and he wrote several books on military strategy and tactics.
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