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Page 34
... became the Roman city ; the limits of the tribe became the limits of the jurisdiction of the city . Here and there the site was changed to some neighbouring spot . As men long before came down from Dardaniê to holy Ilios in the plain ...
... became the Roman city ; the limits of the tribe became the limits of the jurisdiction of the city . Here and there the site was changed to some neighbouring spot . As men long before came down from Dardaniê to holy Ilios in the plain ...
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... became hardly distinguishable in Latin speech . In the course of ages the popular dialect came to distinguish town and land by corrupted forms of the tribe- name fitted with different endings . The land of the Andecavi becomes Anjou and ...
... became hardly distinguishable in Latin speech . In the course of ages the popular dialect came to distinguish town and land by corrupted forms of the tribe- name fitted with different endings . The land of the Andecavi becomes Anjou and ...
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... became nominal and then was wiped out altogether , till the day when the Roman diadem was set on the brow of a Frankish king . In the South , where the Burgundian and the Goth dwelled , but where the Frank , when his turn came ...
... became nominal and then was wiped out altogether , till the day when the Roman diadem was set on the brow of a Frankish king . In the South , where the Burgundian and the Goth dwelled , but where the Frank , when his turn came ...
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... became too narrow , and the wall of Aurelian was needed to fence in the new extent of the full - grown city . The Roman wall ceases to be the boundary of the city ; perhaps it vanishes altogether , leaving only the indelible impress of ...
... became too narrow , and the wall of Aurelian was needed to fence in the new extent of the full - grown city . The Roman wall ceases to be the boundary of the city ; perhaps it vanishes altogether , leaving only the indelible impress of ...
Page 44
... largely came of itself . It was one of a number of settlements which outgrew its neighbours , and which became a town , sometimes a considerable town , II . ] GROWTH OF SMALLER TOWNS . 45 while 44 [ ESSAY FRENCH AND ENGLISH TOWNS .
... largely came of itself . It was one of a number of settlements which outgrew its neighbours , and which became a town , sometimes a considerable town , II . ] GROWTH OF SMALLER TOWNS . 45 while 44 [ ESSAY FRENCH AND ENGLISH TOWNS .
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