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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Page iii
... towns , fifteen principal rivers , five remarkable promontories , six distinguished islands ; " and the latter , —which he says is by far the greater , not contracted like other islands , but drawn out and ex- tended over a great part ...
... towns , fifteen principal rivers , five remarkable promontories , six distinguished islands ; " and the latter , —which he says is by far the greater , not contracted like other islands , but drawn out and ex- tended over a great part ...
Page ix
... towns as they had , were clusters of huts erected on a cleared portion of the forests which covered the greater part of the island , and they were in- variably surrounded by a rampart constructed of felled The cromlechs which are found ...
... towns as they had , were clusters of huts erected on a cleared portion of the forests which covered the greater part of the island , and they were in- variably surrounded by a rampart constructed of felled The cromlechs which are found ...
Page xii
... towns called stipendiary , whose privileges are not accurately known . Among the colonies ( which should be purely Roman ) appear ( using modern names ) Bath , Caerlcon , Chester , Gloucester , Lincoln , Lon- don , Maldon , Richborough ...
... towns called stipendiary , whose privileges are not accurately known . Among the colonies ( which should be purely Roman ) appear ( using modern names ) Bath , Caerlcon , Chester , Gloucester , Lincoln , Lon- don , Maldon , Richborough ...
Page xiii
... towns , and forts , and roads , already enumerated , are , however , very far from being the only traces of Roman occupation that remain in our country . Camps , occupying well - chosen positions , occur in numbers which testify the ...
... towns , and forts , and roads , already enumerated , are , however , very far from being the only traces of Roman occupation that remain in our country . Camps , occupying well - chosen positions , occur in numbers which testify the ...
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... town of Cunobelin , ( afterwards Camulodunum , now Maldon , in Essex , ) and after sixteen days ' residence in Britain returns to Rome . A.D. 44. Claudius celebrates the " conquest of Bri- tain " by a triumph at Rome , and , with his ...
... town of Cunobelin , ( afterwards Camulodunum , now Maldon , in Essex , ) and after sixteen days ' residence in Britain returns to Rome . A.D. 44. Claudius celebrates the " conquest of Bri- tain " by a triumph at Rome , and , with his ...
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