A Student's History of England from the Earliest Times to 1885, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... probably intended to serve as monuments of the dead , though it is sometimes supposed that they were also used as temples . 7. Phoenicians and Greeks . - The most civilised nations of the ancient world were those which dwelt round the ...
... probably intended to serve as monuments of the dead , though it is sometimes supposed that they were also used as temples . 7. Phoenicians and Greeks . - The most civilised nations of the ancient world were those which dwelt round the ...
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... probably off the coast of Galicia , in Spain , and the belief that Phoenicians visited Britain for tin must therefore be considered to be very doubtful . The first educated visitor who reached Britain was Pytheas , a Greek , who was ...
... probably off the coast of Galicia , in Spain , and the belief that Phoenicians visited Britain for tin must therefore be considered to be very doubtful . The first educated visitor who reached Britain was Pytheas , a Greek , who was ...
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... probably first appeared off the spot at which Dover now stands , and then , being alarmed at the number of the Britons who had crowded to defend the coast , made his way by sea to the site of the modern Deal . There , too , his landing ...
... probably first appeared off the spot at which Dover now stands , and then , being alarmed at the number of the Britons who had crowded to defend the coast , made his way by sea to the site of the modern Deal . There , too , his landing ...
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... probably their attraction which explains the extension of Roman power at so early a date over the hilly country in the west . 17. The Colony of Camulodunum . - In 47 Aulus Plautius was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula . He disarmed the ...
... probably their attraction which explains the extension of Roman power at so early a date over the hilly country in the west . 17. The Colony of Camulodunum . - In 47 Aulus Plautius was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula . He disarmed the ...
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... probably not far from Camulodunum , and 80,000 Britons are reported to have been slain by the triumphant soldiery . Boadicea committed suicide by poison . The commander of the legion at Isca Silurum also put an end to his own life , in ...
... probably not far from Camulodunum , and 80,000 Britons are reported to have been slain by the triumphant soldiery . Boadicea committed suicide by poison . The commander of the legion at Isca Silurum also put an end to his own life , in ...
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