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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... give hostages and to allow their sons to receive a Roman education . 66 ' To the end , " says Tacitus , " that these people , thus wild and dispersed over the country , and thence easily instigated to war , might by a taste of pleasures ...
... give hostages and to allow their sons to receive a Roman education . 66 ' To the end , " says Tacitus , " that these people , thus wild and dispersed over the country , and thence easily instigated to war , might by a taste of pleasures ...
Page 26
... 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 . Agricola sails 26.
... 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 . Agricola sails 26.
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... give hostages . Agricola sails round Britain , and discovers the Orcades , according to Tacitus . See A.D. 47 . A triumph is decreed to Agricola , who resigns his command . A.D. 85. Sallustius Lucullus , proprætor in Britain , killed by ...
... give hostages . Agricola sails round Britain , and discovers the Orcades , according to Tacitus . See A.D. 47 . A triumph is decreed to Agricola , who resigns his command . A.D. 85. Sallustius Lucullus , proprætor in Britain , killed by ...
Page 44
... gives no dates , and the few found in the latter are con- tradictory . Though some , perhaps several , of the events may be true , it is impossible to assign dates to the reputed marriage of Guorthigirn ( Vortigern ) to the daughter of ...
... gives no dates , and the few found in the latter are con- tradictory . Though some , perhaps several , of the events may be true , it is impossible to assign dates to the reputed marriage of Guorthigirn ( Vortigern ) to the daughter of ...
Page 78
... gives 796 as the date of his death , as do some MSS . of the Saxon Chronicle . In the interval , Osbald , a noble , had usurped the throne , but after a reign of 27 days he was driven out , and obliged to submit to the tonsure . IRELAND ...
... gives 796 as the date of his death , as do some MSS . of the Saxon Chronicle . In the interval , Osbald , a noble , had usurped the throne , but after a reign of 27 days he was driven out , and obliged to submit to the tonsure . IRELAND ...
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