The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... second ditch , and , still south of this , two minor earthen ramparts . All along , at intervals of about a Roman mile , were towers between fifty and sixty feet square . At larger intervals were the stations , fortresses , or barracks ...
... second ditch , and , still south of this , two minor earthen ramparts . All along , at intervals of about a Roman mile , were towers between fifty and sixty feet square . At larger intervals were the stations , fortresses , or barracks ...
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... second wall to keep the barbarians back ; and It will be seen whether anything has been found that will shake his opinion about the unity of the design of the works . The cuts in the last edition are a valuable aid to the thoroughly ...
... second wall to keep the barbarians back ; and It will be seen whether anything has been found that will shake his opinion about the unity of the design of the works . The cuts in the last edition are a valuable aid to the thoroughly ...
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... second legion Augusta set up this stone in honour of Quintus Lollius Urbicus , the Legate and Propræter of the Emperor . " - Itiner . , p . 63. Interpretations of contracted inscriptions are generally open to dispute , and this has not ...
... second legion Augusta set up this stone in honour of Quintus Lollius Urbicus , the Legate and Propræter of the Emperor . " - Itiner . , p . 63. Interpretations of contracted inscriptions are generally open to dispute , and this has not ...
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... second time by a body of Roman invaders . A paved military way followed the line of the wall . The works have suffered much recent obliteration , but in the latter end of last century they existed in suffi- ciency to enable the Engineer ...
... second time by a body of Roman invaders . A paved military way followed the line of the wall . The works have suffered much recent obliteration , but in the latter end of last century they existed in suffi- ciency to enable the Engineer ...
Stran 31
... second , named " Augusta ; " the sixth , " Victrix ; " and the twen- tieth , " Valens Victrix . " A separate inscription tells 1 Military Antiquities , p . 154 . that the first cohort of the Cagernians , or allies THE GREAT WALL , A.D. ...
... second , named " Augusta ; " the sixth , " Victrix ; " and the twen- tieth , " Valens Victrix . " A separate inscription tells 1 Military Antiquities , p . 154 . that the first cohort of the Cagernians , or allies THE GREAT WALL , A.D. ...
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Stran 11 - Raptores orbis, postquam cuncta vastantibus defuere terrae, et. mare scrutantur : si locuples hostis est, avari ; si pauper, ambitiosi : quos non Oriens, non Occidens, satiaverit. Soli omnium opes atque inopiam pari affectu concupiscunt. Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium ; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.