The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary Writers, the Rolls of Parliament, and Other Public Records ...John Henry and James Parker, 1865 |
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... attempting to pass a large river of Britain , " says Polyænus , " Cassolaulus , king of the Britons , ob- structed him with many horsemen and chariots . Cæsar had in his train a very large elephant , an animal hitherto unseen by the ...
... attempting to pass a large river of Britain , " says Polyænus , " Cassolaulus , king of the Britons , ob- structed him with many horsemen and chariots . Cæsar had in his train a very large elephant , an animal hitherto unseen by the ...
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... attempting to desert , sail round the extremity of the island , are wrecked , and sold into slavery . A.D. 84. Agricola's seventh campaign , in which he defeats the Caledonians under Galgacus . m The Horestani obliged to give hostages ...
... attempting to desert , sail round the extremity of the island , are wrecked , and sold into slavery . A.D. 84. Agricola's seventh campaign , in which he defeats the Caledonians under Galgacus . m The Horestani obliged to give hostages ...
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... attempts his life . A.D. 211. Death of Severus at Eboracum ( York ) , February 4. His sons Caracalla and Geta succeed him . This strengthening of the Wall of Hadrian is to be taken as an evidence of the unconquered spirit of the Britons ...
... attempts his life . A.D. 211. Death of Severus at Eboracum ( York ) , February 4. His sons Caracalla and Geta succeed him . This strengthening of the Wall of Hadrian is to be taken as an evidence of the unconquered spirit of the Britons ...
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... attempt to identify the sites of the numerous battles that ensued , much less to assign satisfactory dates to them ; and the whole sum of our knowledge on the matter may be said to be comprised in the statement of the Saxon Chronicle ...
... attempt to identify the sites of the numerous battles that ensued , much less to assign satisfactory dates to them ; and the whole sum of our knowledge on the matter may be said to be comprised in the statement of the Saxon Chronicle ...
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... attempt the conversion of the Saxons , arrives with a few companions in Kent , Ceolwulf succeeds in Wessex . tended incessantly against either Welsh , or the Picts , or the Scots . " " " He fought and con- the Angles , or the A.D. 599 ...
... attempt the conversion of the Saxons , arrives with a few companions in Kent , Ceolwulf succeeds in Wessex . tended incessantly against either Welsh , or the Picts , or the Scots . " " " He fought and con- the Angles , or the A.D. 599 ...
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