The History of England: The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest ... In three volumes ... 6th ed. 1836Longman, Orme, Brown and Green, and Longman, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... ROMANS and the Invasion of the SAXONS . 410 . British independence continues 182 Discontented state of the Roman ... Roman improvements in the country 195 Gildas's picture of their moral state 198 APPENDIX TO BOOK II . THE MANNERS OF ...
... ROMANS and the Invasion of the SAXONS . 410 . British independence continues 182 Discontented state of the Roman ... Roman improvements in the country 195 Gildas's picture of their moral state 198 APPENDIX TO BOOK II . THE MANNERS OF ...
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... Roman literature , and of the sciences of Egypt , was the consequence of their early separation from the civilised communities , before these intellectual blessings had been attained , or much diffused ; and of their subsequent loss of ...
... Roman literature , and of the sciences of Egypt , was the consequence of their early separation from the civilised communities , before these intellectual blessings had been attained , or much diffused ; and of their subsequent loss of ...
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... Romans emerged ; of whom the Greeks and Romans began , at first , to act in their uncivilised condition . SOME of these nations both of the earlier and - the later improved -the Phenicians , Carthagi- nians , and Greeks , either visited ...
... Romans emerged ; of whom the Greeks and Romans began , at first , to act in their uncivilised condition . SOME of these nations both of the earlier and - the later improved -the Phenicians , Carthagi- nians , and Greeks , either visited ...
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... Romans by the harsher pronunciation of merians . Kimbri1 , in that formidable irruption from which Marius rescued the Roman state . At this period a great body of them quitted their settlements on the Baltic , and , in conjunction with ...
... Romans by the harsher pronunciation of merians . Kimbri1 , in that formidable irruption from which Marius rescued the Roman state . At this period a great body of them quitted their settlements on the Baltic , and , in conjunction with ...
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... Roman officers to overthrow them.20 THE great mass of the Kimbric population pe- rished in these conflicts . The Romans are stated to have destroyed , from two to three hundred thousand , in two battles . It is impossible to read of ...
... Roman officers to overthrow them.20 THE great mass of the Kimbric population pe- rished in these conflicts . The Romans are stated to have destroyed , from two to three hundred thousand , in two battles . It is impossible to read of ...
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æra afterwards Alaric ancestors ancient Saxons Angles Anglo-Saxon Armorica army Arthur attack authority barbarians barbaric battle became Bede BOOK Britain British Britons Cæsar called celebrated century Cerdic CHAP Chauci Cherusci Christian Chron Chronicle chronology Cimbri civil civilised civitates coast conquest Constantine Danube death deity destroyed Edda Elbe emperor enemies England Europe Euxine express Flor Francs Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Goths Gwrtheyrn Hengist Herodotus Hist Honorius human Ibid idol imperial inhabitants invaders invasion island Jeffry Jutes Keltic Kelts Kent Kimmerians king kingdom Krantz language Mascou Maximus mentioned Mercia military mind monath nations natives Nennius northern numbers ocean Odin Offa origin Orosius period Picts plunder Pontanus population provinces Ptolemy race regions reign remarks Rhine Roman empire Rome Saxons says Scythian Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus Theodosius tion tribes Welsh Weser Wessex Woden Zosimus