Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... died in the interval between 46 and 43 , and his power was divided between his sons , Caractacus ( Caradoc ) and Togidumnus . These princes , who were in command of the united British force , were successively defeated by Plautius in ...
... died in the interval between 46 and 43 , and his power was divided between his sons , Caractacus ( Caradoc ) and Togidumnus . These princes , who were in command of the united British force , were successively defeated by Plautius in ...
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... died . The Britons re- joiced to think that if he had not fallen on the field , the war had certainly brought him to his end . Ostorius was succeeded by Didius Gallus , who was contented on the whole to maintain the Roman dominion as he ...
... died . The Britons re- joiced to think that if he had not fallen on the field , the war had certainly brought him to his end . Ostorius was succeeded by Didius Gallus , who was contented on the whole to maintain the Roman dominion as he ...
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... died of disease ) . The cowardly commander of the Second Legion fell upon his sword when he heard of the glorious victory in which he and his men might have had a share . Suetonius did not fail to follow up his victory . His army was ...
... died of disease ) . The cowardly commander of the Second Legion fell upon his sword when he heard of the glorious victory in which he and his men might have had a share . Suetonius did not fail to follow up his victory . His army was ...
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... died at Eboracum in 210. The permanent memorial that he left behind him of his stay in Britain was the strengthening of the Vallum Antonini by a second wall . We may assign to this period the height of the Roman dominion in Britain ...
... died at Eboracum in 210. The permanent memorial that he left behind him of his stay in Britain was the strengthening of the Vallum Antonini by a second wall . We may assign to this period the height of the Roman dominion in Britain ...
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... died at Eboracum , when he was preparing to start on an expedition against the northern tribes . It was at Eboracum that his son Constantine , the first Christian Emperor , was proclaimed Augustus . We know very little about the history ...
... died at Eboracum , when he was preparing to start on an expedition against the northern tribes . It was at Eboracum that his son Constantine , the first Christian Emperor , was proclaimed Augustus . We know very little about the history ...
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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 dominions Dunstan Earl 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
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 158 - Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.
Page 112 - Beda's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. THE SAXON ERA.
Page 160 - Receive my head into your hands, for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place, where I was wont to pray, that I may also, sitting, call upon my Father ! And thus, on the pavement of his little cell, singing : ' Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; ' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 157 - ... nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart HelL There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire; Then comes, at dawn, the east wind keen with frost Its dart, or fire continual, torment sharp, The punishment wrought for them they must bear.