Early BritainG.P. Putnam, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... chief doctrine is that the soul of man does not perish , but passes after death from one person to another . They hold that this is the best of all incitements to courage as banishing the fear of death . They have much also to say about ...
... chief doctrine is that the soul of man does not perish , but passes after death from one person to another . They hold that this is the best of all incitements to courage as banishing the fear of death . They have much also to say about ...
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... come . Accordingly , the chiefs who had assembled at the camp found pretexts for leaving it , while fresh forces were brought down from the interior to the coast . STRATAGEM OF THE BRITons . 19 Cæsar , though without 18 CESAR IN BRITAIN .
... come . Accordingly , the chiefs who had assembled at the camp found pretexts for leaving it , while fresh forces were brought down from the interior to the coast . STRATAGEM OF THE BRITons . 19 Cæsar , though without 18 CESAR IN BRITAIN .
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... chief . The chariots . and cavalry attacked the Roman horse , and , though finally repulsed , inflicted severe loss . A second attack , this time made upon the cohorts which were protect- ing the fortifications of the camp , was for a ...
... chief . The chariots . and cavalry attacked the Roman horse , and , though finally repulsed , inflicted severe loss . A second attack , this time made upon the cohorts which were protect- ing the fortifications of the camp , was for a ...
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... chiefs of Cantium ( Kent ) an attack on the camp which Cæsar had constructed by the shore . The attack was made , but without success , and the Britons suffered greatly from a sally of the garrison . The British king now sent envoys to ...
... chiefs of Cantium ( Kent ) an attack on the camp which Cæsar had constructed by the shore . The attack was made , but without success , and the Britons suffered greatly from a sally of the garrison . The British king now sent envoys to ...
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... chiefs paid tribute to Rome . It is likely enough that the Emperor , after he found himself firmly established on the throne , would claim some acknowledgment of his sovereignty , and that the British chiefs would give it rather than ...
... chiefs paid tribute to Rome . It is likely enough that the Emperor , after he found himself firmly established on the throne , would claim some acknowledgment of his sovereignty , and that the British chiefs would give it rather than ...
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afterwards Alfred Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack Author battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church cloth coast command conquest Crown 8vo Danes Danish daughter death defeated Demy 8vo died Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edition Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf fight fled fleet force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London married Mercia monastery native nobles Norman Normandy Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury