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... whole island was called by the Gauls Britannia , and its people Britons . The meaning of this name is not known , though a great many fanciful legends sprang up afterwards to account for it . The people , as we know from their language ...
... whole island was called by the Gauls Britannia , and its people Britons . The meaning of this name is not known , though a great many fanciful legends sprang up afterwards to account for it . The people , as we know from their language ...
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... whole country round it . Suetonius , on hearing of this , returned by rapid marches , and met the queen and her army march- ing homeward in triumph . The Britons were defeated with terrible slaughter , and the queen , unwilling to sur ...
... whole country round it . Suetonius , on hearing of this , returned by rapid marches , and met the queen and her army march- ing homeward in triumph . The Britons were defeated with terrible slaughter , and the queen , unwilling to sur ...
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... whole country south of the Cheviot Hills and west of the Severn submitted to the Roman authority . Roads were made , towns built , and colo- nies of Roman soldiers founded in different parts of the country . Thus Britain , became like ...
... whole country south of the Cheviot Hills and west of the Severn submitted to the Roman authority . Roads were made , towns built , and colo- nies of Roman soldiers founded in different parts of the country . Thus Britain , became like ...
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... a general name for the whole . Many of them were bold and daring pirates , and as such they had been long too well known on the coasts of France and Britain . It is most probable that a population of German race The Saxons.
... a general name for the whole . Many of them were bold and daring pirates , and as such they had been long too well known on the coasts of France and Britain . It is most probable that a population of German race The Saxons.
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... whole of England . He had been educated at the court of Charlemagne , in France , and had there ac- quired skill in the arts of war and government . No sooner , however , did England , for the first time during some centuries , enjoy ...
... whole of England . He had been educated at the court of Charlemagne , in France , and had there ac- quired skill in the arts of war and government . No sooner , however , did England , for the first time during some centuries , enjoy ...
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