History of Great Britain and IrelandOliver and Boyd, 1868 - 517 trang |
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... troops ; but it is pretty certain , that besides the difficulty of finding out what a hostile general has said to his army , Tacitus would not have understood a word that Galgacus said if he had heard him quietly at a public meeting ...
... troops ; but it is pretty certain , that besides the difficulty of finding out what a hostile general has said to his army , Tacitus would not have understood a word that Galgacus said if he had heard him quietly at a public meeting ...
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... troops . He maintained his power against all attempts of the emperors to reduce it , and extorted from them the government of Britain and the adjacent coast of Gaul , with the title of emperor . Carausius fell by the dagger of Allectus ...
... troops . He maintained his power against all attempts of the emperors to reduce it , and extorted from them the government of Britain and the adjacent coast of Gaul , with the title of emperor . Carausius fell by the dagger of Allectus ...
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... troops succssively raised a number of puppets to the supreme authority . Honorius , in the year 420 , form- ally released the Britons from their allegiance ; they after- wards refused to acknowledge the authority of the Roman provincial ...
... troops succssively raised a number of puppets to the supreme authority . Honorius , in the year 420 , form- ally released the Britons from their allegiance ; they after- wards refused to acknowledge the authority of the Roman provincial ...
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... troops appeared , and the Danes fled . It is related that Ethelred was at mass when the battle began , and that he said no mere human object should call him from the service of God . The victory was naturally attributed to his piety ...
... troops appeared , and the Danes fled . It is related that Ethelred was at mass when the battle began , and that he said no mere human object should call him from the service of God . The victory was naturally attributed to his piety ...
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... troops , and the inhabitants of Danish origin were put to the sword . Canute soon after reappeared on the south - eastern coast , and landed near Sandwich , where he was informed of the slaughter of his countrymen . He immediately ...
... troops , and the inhabitants of Danish origin were put to the sword . Canute soon after reappeared on the south - eastern coast , and landed near Sandwich , where he was informed of the slaughter of his countrymen . He immediately ...
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