Concepts such as peace was of course filled out differently by those from within and outside the Empire; Tacitus puts the following words in the mouth of the British rebel commander Calgucus about the Romans around 85 CE: 'To robbery, butchery and rapine, they give the name of government; they create a desolation and call it peace' (ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant) (Tacitus Agricola,