Editing Gnaeus Julius Agricola (section)

==Later years==
Agricola was recalled from Britain in 85, after an unusually long tenure as governor. Tacitus claims [[Domitian]] ordered his recall because Agricola's successes outshone the emperor's own modest victories in Germany. He re-entered Rome unobtrusively, reporting as ordered to the palace at night. 

The relationship between Agricola and the emperor is unclear; on the one hand, Agricola was awarded triumphal decorations and a statue (the highest military honours apart from an actual [[Roman triumph|triumph]]); on the other, Agricola never again held a civil or military post, in spite of his experience and renown. He was offered the governorship of the province of Africa, but declined it, whether due to ill health or (as Tacitus claims) the machinations of Domitian.

In 93, Agricola died on his family estates in Gallia Narbonensis aged fifty-three.  Rumours circulated attributing the death to a poison administered by the emperor Domitian, but no positive evidence for this was ever produced.