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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... provinces from the extortions of publicans and the oppressions of monopolists ; his wise and mild ad- ministration reconciled the Britons to the Roman government , and they began to relish the sweets of peace , which before had been as ...
... provinces from the extortions of publicans and the oppressions of monopolists ; his wise and mild ad- ministration reconciled the Britons to the Roman government , and they began to relish the sweets of peace , which before had been as ...
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... provinces of his empire , came over to Britain , and raised a rampart or wall of earth , as the boundary of the Roman province , from the mouth of the river Tyne on the east , to the Solway Frith on the west , near the track where ...
... provinces of his empire , came over to Britain , and raised a rampart or wall of earth , as the boundary of the Roman province , from the mouth of the river Tyne on the east , to the Solway Frith on the west , near the track where ...
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... province , had been divided into two by the emperor Severus ; at length , when the authority of the Romans extended ... provinces , viz . the Flavia Cæsariensis , bounded on the south by the English channel , on the north by the Bristol ...
... province , had been divided into two by the emperor Severus ; at length , when the authority of the Romans extended ... provinces , viz . the Flavia Cæsariensis , bounded on the south by the English channel , on the north by the Bristol ...
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... province of the Romans in Britain ; it contained all that extensive tract of coun- try which lay between the walls of Severus and An- toninus Pius . Ann . 306 to 375 . Constantine the Great began his auspicious reign at York , where he ...
... province of the Romans in Britain ; it contained all that extensive tract of coun- try which lay between the walls of Severus and An- toninus Pius . Ann . 306 to 375 . Constantine the Great began his auspicious reign at York , where he ...
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... province , into those parts of Britain which had not submitted to the arms of that conquering nation . In the council which met at Arles in the year 314 , among the thirty - three bishops who were summoned to it , and subscribed its de ...
... province , into those parts of Britain which had not submitted to the arms of that conquering nation . In the council which met at Arles in the year 314 , among the thirty - three bishops who were summoned to it , and subscribed its de ...
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