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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... took and burned the capital of Cassibelanus , and re - established Mandubratius on the throne of his father , sovereign of one of the British princi- palities , who had been murdered by Cassibelanus . This chieftain , not yet dispirited ...
... took and burned the capital of Cassibelanus , and re - established Mandubratius on the throne of his father , sovereign of one of the British princi- palities , who had been murdered by Cassibelanus . This chieftain , not yet dispirited ...
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... took him prisoner with his whole fa- mily , and sent them to Rome , where Claudius was so much pleased with the noble firmness and mag- nanimity of the British prince , that he pardoned him and his family , and commanded their chains to ...
... took him prisoner with his whole fa- mily , and sent them to Rome , where Claudius was so much pleased with the noble firmness and mag- nanimity of the British prince , that he pardoned him and his family , and commanded their chains to ...
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... took a severe vengeance upon the inhabitants of a province who had cut in pieces almost a whole wing of Roman cavalry quartered on their confines . He afterwards secured the conquest of Anglesey , which Suetonius had been obliged to ...
... took a severe vengeance upon the inhabitants of a province who had cut in pieces almost a whole wing of Roman cavalry quartered on their confines . He afterwards secured the conquest of Anglesey , which Suetonius had been obliged to ...
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... took the field in the spring , directing his march northward , recovered the whole country to the south of Severus's wall , and soon after drove the enemy beyond the wall of Antoninus Pius , which he repaired and made once more the ...
... took the field in the spring , directing his march northward , recovered the whole country to the south of Severus's wall , and soon after drove the enemy beyond the wall of Antoninus Pius , which he repaired and made once more the ...
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... took possession of Britain , were its earliest inhabit- ants ; and brought with them their native lan- guage , which was the Celtic . ( Cæs . 1. vi . c . 13. Tacit . Vit . Agricol . c . 11. ) The form of government they had adopted ...
... took possession of Britain , were its earliest inhabit- ants ; and brought with them their native lan- guage , which was the Celtic . ( Cæs . 1. vi . c . 13. Tacit . Vit . Agricol . c . 11. ) The form of government they had adopted ...
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