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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... murdered by Cassibelanus . This chieftain , not yet dispirited by the defection of his allies , formed the design of destroying the Ro- man fleet , which had been left under a weak guard ; but the miscarriage of this scheme determined ...
... murdered by Cassibelanus . This chieftain , not yet dispirited by the defection of his allies , formed the design of destroying the Ro- man fleet , which had been left under a weak guard ; but the miscarriage of this scheme determined ...
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... murdered , Constan- tius had to contend with the usurper Magnentius , who was at last vanquished . 353 Constantius gives the purple and the title of Cĉsar to his cousins Gallus and Julian ; the latter acquired , by the death of ...
... murdered , Constan- tius had to contend with the usurper Magnentius , who was at last vanquished . 353 Constantius gives the purple and the title of Cĉsar to his cousins Gallus and Julian ; the latter acquired , by the death of ...
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... murdered the Christian clergy without mercy , and destroyed their places of worship whenever they fell into their hands . However , when Ethelbert , king of Kent , and the most illustrious of the successors of Hengist , married Bertha ...
... murdered the Christian clergy without mercy , and destroyed their places of worship whenever they fell into their hands . However , when Ethelbert , king of Kent , and the most illustrious of the successors of Hengist , married Bertha ...
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... murdered one another for the preservation or usurpation of the throne , or were killed by their own subjects . The confusion produced by these repeated catastrophies in almost all the kingdoms of the Heptarchy , paved the way to their ...
... murdered one another for the preservation or usurpation of the throne , or were killed by their own subjects . The confusion produced by these repeated catastrophies in almost all the kingdoms of the Heptarchy , paved the way to their ...
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... murdered . CYNEWLF , 755 . Cynewlf , a prince of the royal family , who had headed the insurrection against Segebert , succeeded him . He was defeated by Offa , King of Mer- cia , in 775 , and slain in 784 by Cyneheard , a pretender to ...
... murdered . CYNEWLF , 755 . Cynewlf , a prince of the royal family , who had headed the insurrection against Segebert , succeeded him . He was defeated by Offa , King of Mer- cia , in 775 , and slain in 784 by Cyneheard , a pretender to ...
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