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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... marched forward to meet those whom he describes as the inland people , who , " for the most part , do not sow corn , but live on milk and flesh , and have their clothing of skins . " The people of Cantium either left his passage free ...
... marched forward to meet those whom he describes as the inland people , who , " for the most part , do not sow corn , but live on milk and flesh , and have their clothing of skins . " The people of Cantium either left his passage free ...
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... marched some eighty miles from the country divided by the Thames from the maritime states ; and he , Cassivelaunus , or Caswallon , gathered his once hostile neighbours round his war - chariot , and showed a bold front to the Roman ...
... marched some eighty miles from the country divided by the Thames from the maritime states ; and he , Cassivelaunus , or Caswallon , gathered his once hostile neighbours round his war - chariot , and showed a bold front to the Roman ...
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... marched Cymbeline , act iii . , sc . 1 . + It is unnecessary to refer to the numerous passages of Tacitus which form the chief authority for many of the facts of this chapter . A.D. 40. ] CALIGULA'S MOCK TRIUMPH . 17 his legions.
... marched Cymbeline , act iii . , sc . 1 . + It is unnecessary to refer to the numerous passages of Tacitus which form the chief authority for many of the facts of this chapter . A.D. 40. ] CALIGULA'S MOCK TRIUMPH . 17 his legions.
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... marches through Gallia . So full of peril was this enterprise esteemed , as not without all this equipage , and ... marched with an overwhelming power upon Camalodunum . His expedition to Britain was more a parade than a conquest ...
... marches through Gallia . So full of peril was this enterprise esteemed , as not without all this equipage , and ... marched with an overwhelming power upon Camalodunum . His expedition to Britain was more a parade than a conquest ...
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... marched through the country to Londinium , he at first resolved there to make a stand , but he subsequently abandoned the city . He dreaded the fate which had awaited the ninth legion at Camalodunum . The wretched inhabitants of the ...
... marched through the country to Londinium , he at first resolved there to make a stand , but he subsequently abandoned the city . He dreaded the fate which had awaited the ninth legion at Camalodunum . The wretched inhabitants of the ...
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