The Early and Middle Ages of EnglandBell and Daldy, 1861 - 472 pages |
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... second does not seem to have carried the conqueror farther than to the mouth of the Med- way . Even that success had been almost bought with the 1 Universal Review , March , 1860 . 12 CAIUS CALIGULA . ruin of the army . Cassibellaun.
... second does not seem to have carried the conqueror farther than to the mouth of the Med- way . Even that success had been almost bought with the 1 Universal Review , March , 1860 . 12 CAIUS CALIGULA . ruin of the army . Cassibellaun.
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Charles Henry Pearson. 12 CAIUS CALIGULA . ruin of the army . Cassibellaun , the chief of the Britanno- Belgic confederacy , had the instincts of genius , and attempted to burn the Roman fleet , that the invaders might be shut off from a ...
Charles Henry Pearson. 12 CAIUS CALIGULA . ruin of the army . Cassibellaun , the chief of the Britanno- Belgic confederacy , had the instincts of genius , and attempted to burn the Roman fleet , that the invaders might be shut off from a ...
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... army into Britain . So high was the reputation of British valour , that four legions under an able commander , Aulus Plautius , were con- sidered necessary for the enterprise , and the mere announcement of the service required , at ...
... army into Britain . So high was the reputation of British valour , that four legions under an able commander , Aulus Plautius , were con- sidered necessary for the enterprise , and the mere announcement of the service required , at ...
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... army of one hundred thou- sand men could be recruited exclusively from Norfolk and Suffolk , and yet main- tain itself in Essex and Hertfordshire , unless either supported by the natives or preying upon them . If , indeed , the ...
... army of one hundred thou- sand men could be recruited exclusively from Norfolk and Suffolk , and yet main- tain itself in Essex and Hertfordshire , unless either supported by the natives or preying upon them . If , indeed , the ...
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... army , and Severus dictated peace at the Frith of Cromarty . But he had bought his success dearly : fifty thousand soldiers had perished in that terrible war , in which the enemy never appeared in the field , never ceased to pursue the ...
... army , and Severus dictated peace at the Frith of Cromarty . But he had bought his success dearly : fifty thousand soldiers had perished in that terrible war , in which the enemy never appeared in the field , never ceased to pursue the ...
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