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... Brothers ' War ; The Treaty of Verdun , · PAGE 125-161 CHAPTER VII . FOUNDATION OF STATES- ( Continued ) . English and Normans : -Alfred the Great , A.D. 871-901 : Alfred's Youth ; Danish Raids ; Hostility to Christianity ; Alfred ...
... Brothers ' War ; The Treaty of Verdun , · PAGE 125-161 CHAPTER VII . FOUNDATION OF STATES- ( Continued ) . English and Normans : -Alfred the Great , A.D. 871-901 : Alfred's Youth ; Danish Raids ; Hostility to Christianity ; Alfred ...
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... brother came to Rome as mercenary soldiers ; for the Cherusci were then on good terms with the Romans , who gladly enrolled them in their service , that they might subdue Germans with Germans . Arminius remained some years in Rome ...
... brother came to Rome as mercenary soldiers ; for the Cherusci were then on good terms with the Romans , who gladly enrolled them in their service , that they might subdue Germans with Germans . Arminius remained some years in Rome ...
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... brother of Hermann's named Flavius had become thor- oughly Romanized . Varus thought that Hermann was of the same way of thinking , for Hermann professed as much friend- ship as Flavius towards the Roman general , and often dined at ...
... brother of Hermann's named Flavius had become thor- oughly Romanized . Varus thought that Hermann was of the same way of thinking , for Hermann professed as much friend- ship as Flavius towards the Roman general , and often dined at ...
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... brothers , on ! " There he fights with the strength of ten men , hand to hand . There is no confederate who does not vie with him ! The enemy's hosts are shattered ; only a few disordered ranks still lift their heads above the sea of ...
... brothers , on ! " There he fights with the strength of ten men , hand to hand . There is no confederate who does not vie with him ! The enemy's hosts are shattered ; only a few disordered ranks still lift their heads above the sea of ...
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... brother Flavius in the enemy's ranks , and cried out to him , - " Oh , my brother , come over here to your free people ! Why are you fighting in the Roman ranks against your fatherland ! Have you forgotten the ancient oaks ? Do you not ...
... brother Flavius in the enemy's ranks , and cried out to him , - " Oh , my brother , come over here to your free people ! Why are you fighting in the Roman ranks against your fatherland ! Have you forgotten the ancient oaks ? Do you not ...
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