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... battle , but horribly devastated Gaul . Julian , the Emperor's nephew , became præfect , fixed his head - quarters at Paris , and ably repressed the Franks . Julian became emperor A.D. 360 , left Gaul , and was killed in Persia A.D. 362 ...
... battle , but horribly devastated Gaul . Julian , the Emperor's nephew , became præfect , fixed his head - quarters at Paris , and ably repressed the Franks . Julian became emperor A.D. 360 , left Gaul , and was killed in Persia A.D. 362 ...
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... battles of the Roman Empire with the still ruder barbarians . It is scarcely worth while to trace the various inroads of tribe after tribe who ravaged Gaul , and chased one another out again , without effecting a permanent settlement ...
... battles of the Roman Empire with the still ruder barbarians . It is scarcely worth while to trace the various inroads of tribe after tribe who ravaged Gaul , and chased one another out again , without effecting a permanent settlement ...
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... battle with Penda , and only when that Mercian king died ( in 655 ) in battle near York , was he Bretwalda . He was the last to bear that rank , and Northumberland fell in power , while Mercia increased . There was , in the meantime ...
... battle with Penda , and only when that Mercian king died ( in 655 ) in battle near York , was he Bretwalda . He was the last to bear that rank , and Northumberland fell in power , while Mercia increased . There was , in the meantime ...
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... battle of Tours , or Poitiers , in 732 , which saved Europe from Mahometanism . Pope Gregory III . placed him- self under Charles's protection , in 741 , being in fear of the Lombard kings . The same year Charles died , and likewise the ...
... battle of Tours , or Poitiers , in 732 , which saved Europe from Mahometanism . Pope Gregory III . placed him- self under Charles's protection , in 741 , being in fear of the Lombard kings . The same year Charles died , and likewise the ...
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... battle , and ALFRED the Great , the youngest brother , succeeded in 872. His first seven years were all defeat and reverse , but , gathering strength , he became victorious , and forced the Northmen to occupy the wasted counties as ...
... battle , and ALFRED the Great , the youngest brother , succeeded in 872. His first seven years were all defeat and reverse , but , gathering strength , he became victorious , and forced the Northmen to occupy the wasted counties as ...
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