Editing Gnaeus Julius Agricola (section)

==Early life==
Agricola was born in the ''[[Colonia (Roman)|colonia]]'' of [[Fréjus|Forum Julii]], [[Gallia Narbonensis]] (now [[Fréjus]], [[France]]). Agricola's parents were from noted political families of [[Roman senate|senatorial]] rank in [[Roman Gaul]]. Both of his grandfathers served as imperial governors. His father, Lucius Julius Graecinus, was a ''[[praetor]]'' and had become a member of the [[Roman Senate]] in the year of Agricola's birth. Graecinus had become distinguished by his interest in [[philosophy]]. Between August 40 and January 41, the emperor [[Caligula]] ordered his death, because he refused to prosecute the emperor's second cousin [[Marcus Junius Silanus (consul AD 15)|Marcus Junius Silanus]].<ref name="OCD">{{Citation  | last = Birley  | first = Anthony R.  | author-link = Anthony Birley  | contribution = Iulius Agricola, Cn.  | editor-last = Hornblower  | editor-first = Simon  | title = [[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]  | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]  | place = Oxford  | year = 1996  }}</ref>

His mother was Julia Procilla. The Roman historian [[Tacitus]] describes her as "a lady of singular virtue" who had a fond affection for her son. Agricola was educated in Massilia ([[Marseille]]), and showed what was considered to be an unhealthy interest in philosophy.