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Page xiv
... fleet . In the following year , A.D. 84 , was fought the great battle with the Cale- donian tribes under Galgacus , the site of which has been the subject of endless conjectures . We think with Dr. Merivale that it may be presumed to ...
... fleet . In the following year , A.D. 84 , was fought the great battle with the Cale- donian tribes under Galgacus , the site of which has been the subject of endless conjectures . We think with Dr. Merivale that it may be presumed to ...
Page xv
... fleet then , for the first time , sailed , and ascertained that Britain is an island . " It does not follow that he meant to say that the Romans actually circumnavigated Britain on this occasion . It is enough to suppose that they ...
... fleet then , for the first time , sailed , and ascertained that Britain is an island . " It does not follow that he meant to say that the Romans actually circumnavigated Britain on this occasion . It is enough to suppose that they ...
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... fleet , while cruising idly about , cruelly ravaged Intemelii , 1 a district of Liguria ; his mother , who was living here on her own estate , was murdered . The estate itself and a large part of her patrimony were plundered . This was ...
... fleet , while cruising idly about , cruelly ravaged Intemelii , 1 a district of Liguria ; his mother , who was living here on her own estate , was murdered . The estate itself and a large part of her patrimony were plundered . This was ...
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... fleet then for the first time sailed , ascertained that Britain is an island , and simultaneously discovered and conquered what are called the Orcades , islands hitherto unknown . Thule too was descried in the distance , which as yet ...
... fleet then for the first time sailed , ascertained that Britain is an island , and simultaneously discovered and conquered what are called the Orcades , islands hitherto unknown . Thule too was descried in the distance , which as yet ...
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... fleet . The skill and resolution of the general accom- plished the passage . With some picked men of the auxiliaries , disencumbered of all baggage , who knew the shallows and had that national experience in swim- ming which enables the ...
... fleet . The skill and resolution of the general accom- plished the passage . With some picked men of the auxiliaries , disencumbered of all baggage , who knew the shallows and had that national experience in swim- ming which enables the ...
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