The History of Scotland: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, Volum 1W. Blackwood, 1867 - 650 sider |
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... told by his son - in - law Tacitus , the most powerful of Roman historians . The light thus cast on Scotland for a time is more remark- able for its brightness than for its clearness . It was brief , but sufficient to show to Rome that ...
... told by his son - in - law Tacitus , the most powerful of Roman historians . The light thus cast on Scotland for a time is more remark- able for its brightness than for its clearness . It was brief , but sufficient to show to Rome that ...
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... told that before the third season he had , by the conciliatory wisdom of his administra- tion , given currency among the natives to the Roman dress and literature , and stimulated them to build temples and improved dwellings - and all ...
... told that before the third season he had , by the conciliatory wisdom of his administra- tion , given currency among the natives to the Roman dress and literature , and stimulated them to build temples and improved dwellings - and all ...
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... told that the general had several conflicts with the natives , and that he lined the coast opposite to Ireland with troops , not so much for the protection of the British territories , as with a view to further conquests . Ireland was a ...
... told that the general had several conflicts with the natives , and that he lined the coast opposite to Ireland with troops , not so much for the protection of the British territories , as with a view to further conquests . Ireland was a ...
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... told to that end by a homely narrator like Herodotus , inquisitive about small matters , and telling all he knew . Tacitus did not write to instruct the world about the Caledonians , but to create a sensation at home , where his ...
... told to that end by a homely narrator like Herodotus , inquisitive about small matters , and telling all he knew . Tacitus did not write to instruct the world about the Caledonians , but to create a sensation at home , where his ...
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... told us in the few- est possible words , leaving us to discover where he raised it.2 Coins , inscriptions , and other testimony 1 " Littora Jubernæ promovimus , et modo captas , Orcadas , ac minima contentos nocte Britannos . " - Juv ...
... told us in the few- est possible words , leaving us to discover where he raised it.2 Coins , inscriptions , and other testimony 1 " Littora Jubernæ promovimus , et modo captas , Orcadas , ac minima contentos nocte Britannos . " - Juv ...
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Side 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.