A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... authority among that rude and turbulent people , and main- tained it by the terrors of superstition . In imminent dangers , several of those kingdoms or principalities united under a commander in chief chosen from among their princes ...
... authority among that rude and turbulent people , and main- tained it by the terrors of superstition . In imminent dangers , several of those kingdoms or principalities united under a commander in chief chosen from among their princes ...
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... endeavoured to prevent it by send- ing ambassadors to make their submissions to the authority of Rome , and to offer hostages for their fidelity . Cæsar exhorted them to continue in those dispositions Period 1. ] 11 ROMAN INVASION .
... endeavoured to prevent it by send- ing ambassadors to make their submissions to the authority of Rome , and to offer hostages for their fidelity . Cæsar exhorted them to continue in those dispositions Period 1. ] 11 ROMAN INVASION .
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... the fame of his clemency , he brought several British provinces to submit to the authority of the Romans , and secured these conquests by building a great number of fortresses near the same tract where 18 [ Period 1 . ROMAN INVASION .
... the fame of his clemency , he brought several British provinces to submit to the authority of the Romans , and secured these conquests by building a great number of fortresses near the same tract where 18 [ Period 1 . ROMAN INVASION .
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... authority of the Romans extended over all that part of the island which lies to the south of the wall between the friths of Forth and Clyde , the whole country was divided into five provinces , viz . the Flavia Cæsariensis , bounded on ...
... authority of the Romans extended over all that part of the island which lies to the south of the wall between the friths of Forth and Clyde , the whole country was divided into five provinces , viz . the Flavia Cæsariensis , bounded on ...
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... authority over all the British churches . His associates , spreading themselves over all the country , completed that conversion which they had so happily begun . The kingdom of the Heptarchy which next em- braced the Christian faith ...
... authority over all the British churches . His associates , spreading themselves over all the country , completed that conversion which they had so happily begun . The kingdom of the Heptarchy which next em- braced the Christian faith ...
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