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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... rule of the Cæsars , by the defeat of this second usurper , and quietly remained under the Imperial government of Constantius Chlorus , and of his successor Constantine . A few years after these events occurred , our country was ...
... rule of the Cæsars , by the defeat of this second usurper , and quietly remained under the Imperial government of Constantius Chlorus , and of his successor Constantine . A few years after these events occurred , our country was ...
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... rule of Rome was tranquilly established in Britain , was such as to require no very large force to garrison . Although Aulus Plautius is held to have been at the head of four legions and their auxiliaries , computed at fifty thousand ...
... rule of Rome was tranquilly established in Britain , was such as to require no very large force to garrison . Although Aulus Plautius is held to have been at the head of four legions and their auxiliaries , computed at fifty thousand ...
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... rule of a native prince of the tribe . The form of its walls is not Roman ; and it was much too large for a military station . It was a great agricultural capital , approached by roads in all directions . But it had no important natural ...
... rule of a native prince of the tribe . The form of its walls is not Roman ; and it was much too large for a military station . It was a great agricultural capital , approached by roads in all directions . But it had no important natural ...
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... rule . The " Notitia Imperii , " in which the Saxon shore is mentioned , was drawn up , according to Dr. William Smith , about the year 400. So far from the Roman government in Britain discouraging settlements of foreigners , we see ...
... rule . The " Notitia Imperii , " in which the Saxon shore is mentioned , was drawn up , according to Dr. William Smith , about the year 400. So far from the Roman government in Britain discouraging settlements of foreigners , we see ...
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... rule . Modern nations have tried the same system of colonial oppression , and have gathered the same fruits of injustice . Britain was never a secure possession . Her resources were never fully developed ; because her nationality was ...
... rule . Modern nations have tried the same system of colonial oppression , and have gathered the same fruits of injustice . Britain was never a secure possession . Her resources were never fully developed ; because her nationality was ...
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