The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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... CAMP AT AMBRESBURY BANKS , EPPING FOREST ( SUPPOSED BRITISH TOWN ) . TAKEN 66 BY PERMISSION FROM TRANSACTIONS OF THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB COIN OF CLAUDIUS . ( THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH ALLUSION IS MADE TO BRITAIN ON THE COIN- AGE OF ROME ...
... CAMP AT AMBRESBURY BANKS , EPPING FOREST ( SUPPOSED BRITISH TOWN ) . TAKEN 66 BY PERMISSION FROM TRANSACTIONS OF THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB COIN OF CLAUDIUS . ( THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH ALLUSION IS MADE TO BRITAIN ON THE COIN- AGE OF ROME ...
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... CAMP AT SILCHESTER . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY S. V. WHITE , OF READING ROMAN MILITARY ALTAR . BY PERMISSION OF THE REV . J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE COIN OF ANTONINUS PIUS . BY PERMISSION OF THE REV . J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE ROMAN VASE OF DARK BROWN ...
... CAMP AT SILCHESTER . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY S. V. WHITE , OF READING ROMAN MILITARY ALTAR . BY PERMISSION OF THE REV . J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE COIN OF ANTONINUS PIUS . BY PERMISSION OF THE REV . J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE ROMAN VASE OF DARK BROWN ...
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Alfred John Church. SHIELD OF THE BRONZE AGE . Found in a turbary called Rhyd - y - gorse , Aberystwith . ( From the original in the British Museum . ) PLAN OF CAMP AT AMBRESBURY BANKS , EPPING FOREST .
Alfred John Church. SHIELD OF THE BRONZE AGE . Found in a turbary called Rhyd - y - gorse , Aberystwith . ( From the original in the British Museum . ) PLAN OF CAMP AT AMBRESBURY BANKS , EPPING FOREST .
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... camp . There were no means , it seemed , of getting back to the continent , while no provision had been made for a stay . The Britons were quite as much alive to the im- portance of what had happened as the Romans themselves . Without ...
... camp . There were no means , it seemed , of getting back to the continent , while no provision had been made for a stay . The Britons were quite as much alive to the im- portance of what had happened as the Romans themselves . Without ...
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... camp . He lost no time in preparing for the two contingencies of retreat , and wintering in the island . Twelve of ... camp had been busily carried on , and , as yet , without hind- rance . Everything indeed looked peaceful . The ...
... camp . He lost no time in preparing for the two contingencies of retreat , and wintering in the island . Twelve of ... camp had been busily carried on , and , as yet , without hind- rance . Everything indeed looked peaceful . The ...
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afterwards Alfred ANGLO-SAXON Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet force fought G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships shire 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