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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... Tacitus Other tribes omitted by Tacitus The Scythian , or Gothic , population of Europe The Anglo - Saxons a branch of this Existing works in the ancient languages from the Gothic stock Scythians in Asia 77 78 79 82 ib . 84 ib . 87 89 ...
... Tacitus Other tribes omitted by Tacitus The Scythian , or Gothic , population of Europe The Anglo - Saxons a branch of this Existing works in the ancient languages from the Gothic stock Scythians in Asia 77 78 79 82 ib . 84 ib . 87 89 ...
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... Tacitus , this ancient nation had almost ceased to exist on the continent of Europe ; but his expressions imply their former power and celebrity . When he mentions the Kimbri who , in his time , remained in the peninsula of Jutland , he ...
... Tacitus , this ancient nation had almost ceased to exist on the continent of Europe ; but his expressions imply their former power and celebrity . When he mentions the Kimbri who , in his time , remained in the peninsula of Jutland , he ...
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... Tacitus took the trouble to study their internal customs , we know nothing of their polity or na- tional institutions . The repulsive features that most struck the attention of their enemies are nearly all that is recorded about them ...
... Tacitus took the trouble to study their internal customs , we know nothing of their polity or na- tional institutions . The repulsive features that most struck the attention of their enemies are nearly all that is recorded about them ...
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... Tacitus describes some of the ruder German tribes as dwelling under ground . The practice of several animals which burrow in the earth may have sug- gested the custom ; and it suits that savage state into which even the emigrants from ...
... Tacitus describes some of the ruder German tribes as dwelling under ground . The practice of several animals which burrow in the earth may have sug- gested the custom ; and it suits that savage state into which even the emigrants from ...
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... Tacitus con- cerning the Britons at the period of the Roman invasion . He describes women , with firebrands in their hands , running like furies among the army of the Britons in Anglesey ; and adds , that they 34 Strabo , lib . vii . p ...
... Tacitus con- cerning the Britons at the period of the Roman invasion . He describes women , with firebrands in their hands , running like furies among the army of the Britons in Anglesey ; and adds , that they 34 Strabo , lib . vii . p ...
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