The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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... Agricola brought Roman troops north of the line which , hun- dreds of years afterwards , became the border dividing Scotland from England . The achievements of that VOL . I. A general hold a greater place in history than they would.
... Agricola brought Roman troops north of the line which , hun- dreds of years afterwards , became the border dividing Scotland from England . The achievements of that VOL . I. A general hold a greater place in history than they would.
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... afterwards he made his way , as it would seem with much more difficulty , to the Forth . Having commented on this discrepancy , the corrector goes back and comments on his own commentary , saying that those who believe Agricola to have ...
... afterwards he made his way , as it would seem with much more difficulty , to the Forth . Having commented on this discrepancy , the corrector goes back and comments on his own commentary , saying that those who believe Agricola to have ...
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... Britannicus . It was first awarded to him , and for his actual achievements - to others it was given afterwards out of mere precedent , like the titles apt to cluster round royalty after the realities they 24 THE ROMAN PERIOD .
... Britannicus . It was first awarded to him , and for his actual achievements - to others it was given afterwards out of mere precedent , like the titles apt to cluster round royalty after the realities they 24 THE ROMAN PERIOD .
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... afterwards the natural line of contest when the north and the south were divided : many a history written by a Lollius Urbicus , not now known to exist . It is a history of his own time ; and from the way in which it is referred to , it ...
... afterwards the natural line of contest when the north and the south were divided : many a history written by a Lollius Urbicus , not now known to exist . It is a history of his own time ; and from the way in which it is referred to , it ...
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... afterwards , Constantius Chlorus , represent- ing the central government , recovered the province of Britain to the empire . The Roman world was then un- dergoing the great disunion which gave to subsequent history the Empire of the ...
... afterwards , Constantius Chlorus , represent- ing the central government , recovered the province of Britain to the empire . The Roman world was then un- dergoing the great disunion which gave to subsequent history the Empire of the ...
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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.