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... wrought the copper and tin mines found there . About the year 55 B.C. Julius Cæsar was led by the course of his conquests to the north - west of France B ( then called Gaul ) , and it is from CHAP The Ancient Britons.
... wrought the copper and tin mines found there . About the year 55 B.C. Julius Cæsar was led by the course of his conquests to the north - west of France B ( then called Gaul ) , and it is from CHAP The Ancient Britons.
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John Edwards (Teacher.) ( then called Gaul ) , and it is from his writings that we obtain the earliest authentic account of our country and its people . The whole island was called by the Gauls Britannia , and its people Britons . The ...
John Edwards (Teacher.) ( then called Gaul ) , and it is from his writings that we obtain the earliest authentic account of our country and its people . The whole island was called by the Gauls Britannia , and its people Britons . The ...
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... called woad . Their weapons were clubs , spears , bows and arrows , which they wielded with great dexterity . They were also famed for their war - chariots , which were armed with sharp scythe - like blades ; and when driven with ...
... called woad . Their weapons were clubs , spears , bows and arrows , which they wielded with great dexterity . They were also famed for their war - chariots , which were armed with sharp scythe - like blades ; and when driven with ...
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... called the Herefordshire beacon . At the time of the Roman invasion , the Britons were divided into numerous tribes , each under the dominion of a petty prince , or chieftain . So many of these were there , that Cæsar mentions no fewer ...
... called the Herefordshire beacon . At the time of the Roman invasion , the Britons were divided into numerous tribes , each under the dominion of a petty prince , or chieftain . So many of these were there , that Cæsar mentions no fewer ...
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... called Stonehenge , remains to this day on Salis- bury Plain , and excites our wonder at the mechanical skill which must have been possessed by the Britons before they could have raised such vast blocks of stone to an upright position ...
... called Stonehenge , remains to this day on Salis- bury Plain , and excites our wonder at the mechanical skill which must have been possessed by the Britons before they could have raised such vast blocks of stone to an upright position ...
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