islands Orcades (Ancient Greek: Όρκάδες), as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto...

century AD, the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the Orkney islands Orcades, as did Tacitus in AD 98 "Orc" is usually interpreted as a Pictish tribal...

the Orkney Islands, which they called "Orcades", thought to be a Brythonic Celtic name. A "king of the Orcades" was one of the 11 rulers said to have...

on, the farthest people of Germany, the Hermiones. [...] 54. The thirty Orcades [Orkney Islands] are separated by narrow spaces between them; the seven...

October. Of 623 aboard, 45 were killed. 45 Military 1942  United Kingdom HMT Orcades – On 10 October, after leaving Cape Town, the British troopship was torpedoed...

rhapsodizes on the conquests of the emperor Theodosius I, declaring that the Orcades "ran red with Saxon slaughter; Thule was warm with the blood of Picts;...

Orkney & Shetland Islands, which they called "Orcades", where they discovered the brochs. A "king of the Orcades" was one of the 11 rulers said to have paid...

ship was sunk before it could get a clear message through to the Japanese mainland. As Hornet came about and prepared to launch the bombers, which had been...

of Roman "boasting" involved, given that it was known to them that the Orcades lay at the northern extremity of the British Isles. Moffat (2005) pp. 174-76...

were launched. During these the Romans would capture the Orkney Islands (Orcades) for a short period of time and obtained information about the Shetland...