The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1856 - Great Britain |
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... command , there was probably a species of clanship , in which there was servitude on one hand , and protection on the other . Diodorus Siculus , a contemporary of Cæsar , says that the Britons , whom he describes as simple in their ...
... command , there was probably a species of clanship , in which there was servitude on one hand , and protection on the other . Diodorus Siculus , a contemporary of Cæsar , says that the Britons , whom he describes as simple in their ...
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... command , there was probably a species of clanship , in which there was servitude on one hand , and protection on the other . Diodorus Siculus , a contemporary of Cæsar , says that the Britons , whom he describes as simple in their ...
... command , there was probably a species of clanship , in which there was servitude on one hand , and protection on the other . Diodorus Siculus , a contemporary of Cæsar , says that the Britons , whom he describes as simple in their ...
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... command . He ruled in tranquillity for two years , when he resolved to attack Mona ( the Isle of Anglesey ) , the great seat of Druidism . Over the Menai Strait , where the railway train now shoots with the rapidity of the hurricane ...
... command . He ruled in tranquillity for two years , when he resolved to attack Mona ( the Isle of Anglesey ) , the great seat of Druidism . Over the Menai Strait , where the railway train now shoots with the rapidity of the hurricane ...
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... command in Britain . He entered upon his office in the year 78 , having been previously raised to the dignity of consul . He The summer was nearly over when Agricola landed . The Ordovices , the indomitable tribe who defied the Roman ...
... command in Britain . He entered upon his office in the year 78 , having been previously raised to the dignity of consul . He The summer was nearly over when Agricola landed . The Ordovices , the indomitable tribe who defied the Roman ...
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... command , Agricola was engaged with no mean enemies in the northern parts of the country . He discovered new people , says the historian , and continued his conquests quite to the mouth of the Tay . He built forts on the very borders of ...
... command , Agricola was engaged with no mean enemies in the northern parts of the country . He discovered new people , says the historian , and continued his conquests quite to the mouth of the Tay . He built forts on the very borders of ...
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