The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Količina 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 strani |
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Stran 1
... comes out of utter darkness , and is seen to join the current of authentic history . In that year Julius Agricola brought Roman troops north of the line which , hun- dreds of years afterwards , became the border dividing Scotland from ...
... comes out of utter darkness , and is seen to join the current of authentic history . In that year Julius Agricola brought Roman troops north of the line which , hun- dreds of years afterwards , became the border dividing Scotland from ...
Stran 2
... come . It was not till the reign of Claudius , and the invasion of Aulus Plautius in the year 43 , that the actual process of the annexation of South Britain to the empire began . This was nearly completed , in a super- ficial way at ...
... come . It was not till the reign of Claudius , and the invasion of Aulus Plautius in the year 43 , that the actual process of the annexation of South Britain to the empire began . This was nearly completed , in a super- ficial way at ...
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... come . On precipitous storm- swept ridges of rock , where ordinary buildings would have left mere shapeless heaps of stone , we see the horizontal courses lying in clean rows one above another ; and when the wall has to mount a hill ...
... come . On precipitous storm- swept ridges of rock , where ordinary buildings would have left mere shapeless heaps of stone , we see the horizontal courses lying in clean rows one above another ; and when the wall has to mount a hill ...
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... by Roy , Mil . Ant . 2 The rampart they got over is described as τὸ τεῖχος το διορίζον αυτους τε καὶ τὰ των Ρωμαίων στρατοπεδα . Ex Xiphilino Mon. , lix . of the event has come to us in conditions signally 32 THE ROMAN PERIOD .
... by Roy , Mil . Ant . 2 The rampart they got over is described as τὸ τεῖχος το διορίζον αυτους τε καὶ τὰ των Ρωμαίων στρατοπεδα . Ex Xiphilino Mon. , lix . of the event has come to us in conditions signally 32 THE ROMAN PERIOD .
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... comes to the scanty notices provided by some ad- venturous explorer of a district full of wonders , the man who provides it becomes part of the material - the question of his opportunities , his saga- city in perceiving , and his ...
... comes to the scanty notices provided by some ad- venturous explorer of a district full of wonders , the man who provides it becomes part of the material - the question of his opportunities , his saga- city in perceiving , and his ...
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Aberdeenshire Adamnan afterwards ancient antiquaries appear Atlas Author battle became Bede bishop BLACKWOOD AND SONS Britain British Britons Broichan brought Cæsar Caledonians called camp castle Celtic Celts century character Christian Chronicle Church civilisation co-arbs Columba Columbites contest Crown Octavo Dalriada decorated distinct district Druids early ecclesiastical Edinburgh Emperor empire England English existence feudal Foolscap Octavo give Gothic hand influence inhabitants instance Iona Ireland Irish island KEITH JOHNSTON King of Scotland King of Scots land later literature Maps ment modern monarch monuments narrative nations native natural Norsemen northern origin Orkney ornaments period Pictish Picts practice Professor province race rampart reign relics Richard of Cirencester Roman Rome round royal saint Saxon says Scotland Scottish sculptured stones Second Edition seems specimens St Columba Strathclyde supposed Tacitus tell territory Teutonic tion told vestiges Volumes wall
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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.