The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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Page 25
... fought made them so confident that they abandoned their desultory tactics and ventured on something like a pitched battle . Cæsar had sent out a strong force the next day to forage . The Britons attacked it , and ventured to engage the ...
... fought made them so confident that they abandoned their desultory tactics and ventured on something like a pitched battle . Cæsar had sent out a strong force the next day to forage . The Britons attacked it , and ventured to engage the ...
Page 36
... fought no battle , and , indeed , saw no blood shed ; but Suetonius is always disposed to depreciate the Julian or hereditary emperors , and it is safer to take Dio Cassius as our authority . Dio relates that Claudius crossed the Thames ...
... fought no battle , and , indeed , saw no blood shed ; but Suetonius is always disposed to depreciate the Julian or hereditary emperors , and it is safer to take Dio Cassius as our authority . Dio relates that Claudius crossed the Thames ...
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... fought , " says Suetonius , including all his British campaigns , " thirty times with the enemy , subdued . two very powerful tribes , and subjugated the Island This descended to his son , the unhappy lad who was thrust aside by the ...
... fought , " says Suetonius , including all his British campaigns , " thirty times with the enemy , subdued . two very powerful tribes , and subjugated the Island This descended to his son , the unhappy lad who was thrust aside by the ...
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... fought for him in the second battle of Bedria- cum.2 The troops that were left must have had enough to do . Indeed ... fought in 69 between the forces of Otho and Vitellius . 2 Fought in the same year as the first battle , between the ...
... fought for him in the second battle of Bedria- cum.2 The troops that were left must have had enough to do . Indeed ... fought in 69 between the forces of Otho and Vitellius . 2 Fought in the same year as the first battle , between the ...
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... fought for the possession of the barren mountains of Northern Scot- land . As my subject is the history of the southern part of the island , I will pass very briefly over the remain- ing campaigns of Agricola . In 83 he crossed the ...
... fought for the possession of the barren mountains of Northern Scot- land . As my subject is the history of the southern part of the island , I will pass very briefly over the remain- ing campaigns of Agricola . In 83 he crossed the ...
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afterwards Alderman Alfred ANGLO-SAXON Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery monks native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships shire 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