The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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... army towards the enemy , the ships , riding at anchor , were , by a tempest either dashed one against another , or driven upon the sands and wrecked . Forty of them perished , the rest were , with much difficulty , repaired . Cæsar's ...
... army towards the enemy , the ships , riding at anchor , were , by a tempest either dashed one against another , or driven upon the sands and wrecked . Forty of them perished , the rest were , with much difficulty , repaired . Cæsar's ...
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... army . [ A.D. 383. ] IN the year of our Lord's incarnation 377 , Gratian , the fortieth from Augustus , held the empire six years after the death of Valens ; though he had long before reigned with his uncle Valens , and his brother ...
... army . [ A.D. 383. ] IN the year of our Lord's incarnation 377 , Gratian , the fortieth from Augustus , held the empire six years after the death of Valens ; though he had long before reigned with his uncle Valens , and his brother ...
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... army , passed over into Gaul , and there by treachery slew the Emperor Gratian , who was in a con- sternation at his sudden invasion , and attempting to escape into Italy . His brother , Valentinian , expelled from Italy , fled into the ...
... army , passed over into Gaul , and there by treachery slew the Emperor Gratian , who was in a con- sternation at his sudden invasion , and attempting to escape into Italy . His brother , Valentinian , expelled from Italy , fled into the ...
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... army , besieged him in the city of Arles , and put him to death . His son Constans , whom of a monk he had created Cæsar , was also put to death by his own Count Gerontius , at Vienne . Rome was taken by the Goths , in the year from its ...
... army , besieged him in the city of Arles , and put him to death . His son Constans , whom of a monk he had created Cæsar , was also put to death by his own Count Gerontius , at Vienne . Rome was taken by the Goths , in the year from its ...
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... army . The new comers received of the Britons a place to inhabit , upon condition that they should wage war against their enemies for the peace and security of the country , whilst the Britons agreed to furnish them with pay . Those who ...
... army . The new comers received of the Britons a place to inhabit , upon condition that they should wage war against their enemies for the peace and security of the country , whilst the Britons agreed to furnish them with pay . Those who ...
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