Salvius himself had arrived to the camp a little earlier. Now he was sitting in the headquarters of the second legion, waiting anxious for Agricola. He was worried because in the letter, which he had sent to Agricola, he had written many lies. In particular he had accused Cogidubnus of a rebellion. He was wondering surely Agricola is going to believe himself. He led Belimicus with him to be a witness.
Suddenly Salvius, having caught sight on Agricola entering, hurried to him to greet him. Then he mentioned that which he had written in the letter. When Agricola had heard this, he remained silent for a long time. At last he said very greatly moved, "What disloyalty!" "What madness! I can scarcely understand that which you have revealed to me. Cogidubnus and I are friends for a long time. The king is mad. The chieftains of the Regnenses are mad. Never should we trust barbarians; they always betray us."
Having said this, he turned to Silanus, commander of the legion.
"Silanus," he said, "it is necessary for the us to crush the king and chieftains of the Regnenses. You must set out at once with two cohorts."
Silanus, having left the headquarters, gave orders to the centurions. He ordered them to prepare the cohorts. Meanwhile Agricola began to ask more about the king's disloyalty. Salvius replied to him,
"Look here Belimicus, a men of excellent character and the greatest loyalty, whom that Cogidubnus was trying to corrupt. But Belimicus, who rejected the flatteries of the king, revealed all to me."
"That which Salvius said is true," Belmicus siad. "The king hates the Romans. He wants to throw out the Romans out of Britain and take over the entire island. He therefore obtained ships. He exercised the soldiers. He even collected the savage beasts. Recently he pushed the beast onto me in order to kill me."
Agricola, however, having distrusted these words, asked Salvius more carefull what evidence of a rebellion he had seen. He wanted to find out how many weapons were there, surely the Britains had not killed the Roman citizens, who had destroyed the cities.
Suddenly everyone head a great uproar. A man covered in dirt burst through the door of the headquarters. He ran headlong to Agricola and clinged to his knee.
"I am a Roman citizen," he said. "They call me Quintus Caecilius Iucundus. I have arrived here at last, having suffered many injuries. I want to say this one thing. Cogidubnus is innocent."
Having said this he fell down to the ground unconcious.