...and despatched a letter to Aetius, the governor of Gaul : " To Aetius, thrice Consul. The groans ~oj the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea; the...: so we have nothing left but the wretched choice VI.— 1. When did the Romans withdraw from Britain? 2. What did they do for tho defence of tho Britons?...

...some seventeen years later, it sent to ^Btius, then for the third time prefect of Gaul : "To yEtius, thrice Consul, the groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the AD **6• sea throws us back on the swords of the barbarians ; so that we have nothing left us but...

...to Aetius, the Roman general in Gaul,1 thus worded : — ' To Aetius, now Consul for the third time. The groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea throws us back on to the barbarians : thus two modes of death await us, — we are either slain or drowned.' " This had...

...7. Most of the Britons trusted in the Romans. They sent a sad letter to the Romans, beginning with ' The Groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea, and the sea drives us back on the barbarians.' 8. The Romans were sorry for them, but could not help...

...last appeal) in the words of Venerable Bede : ' /Etio ter consul! gcmitus Britannorum ! — To ^Etius, thrice consul, the groans of the Britons ! The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; between them we are exposed to two sorts of death — we are either...

...withdrawn her protection, implored her in the following pathetic terms : " The barbarians drive us into the sea. The sea throws us back on the swords of the...wretched choice of being either drowned or butchered." This appeal met with no response, and the unlucky colony had to shift for itself. By the irony of fate...

...and sand upon their heads," bearing that most mournful appeal of an humbled people — " to ^Etius, thrice Consul : the groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; thus, between two kinds of death, we are either slaughtered or drowned."...

...governor of Gaul, a letter which they called "The Groans of the Britons." "The barbarians," they said, "drive us to the sea; the sea throws us back on the swords of the barbarians; we have nothing left us but the wretched t — choice of being either drowned or butchered." But Aetius...

...appeal for help was addressed to of the yEtius, the Master General of Valentinian III. 'To .-Etius >ns' thrice consul the groans of the Britons. The barbarians drive us to the sea ; the sea drives us back to the barbarians ; we are either slaughtered or drowned.' 2 ^Etius had done much to...

...consisting of no fight, but a fright and a flight." letter they wrote to ^Etius, who was a Roman general and consul. " The groans of the Britons. The barbarians...drive us to the sea; the sea throws us back on the barbarians; thus two modes of death await us : we are either slain or drowned." We see how much the...