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... lived in society with them , being neither less warlike , less irritable , nor more submitting , it was the sacred custom of almost all their tribes , that a national council should be an inseparable portion of the sove- reignty or ...
... lived in society with them , being neither less warlike , less irritable , nor more submitting , it was the sacred custom of almost all their tribes , that a national council should be an inseparable portion of the sove- reignty or ...
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... lived , at least eight hundred years before the Christian æra . That he was acquainted with the position of the Kimmerians , in the north - eastern parts of Europe , is three times asserted by Strabo.3 That the Kimmerians were ...
... lived , at least eight hundred years before the Christian æra . That he was acquainted with the position of the Kimmerians , in the north - eastern parts of Europe , is three times asserted by Strabo.3 That the Kimmerians were ...
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... lived in the twelfth century . Breckfa was much later . 27 It may not be uninteresting to translate the whole triad . " Three names have been given to the isle of Britain since the beginning . Before it was inhabited , it was called ...
... lived in the twelfth century . Breckfa was much later . 27 It may not be uninteresting to translate the whole triad . " Three names have been given to the isle of Britain since the beginning . Before it was inhabited , it was called ...
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... lived in caves ; and Tacitus describes some of the ruder German tribes as dwelling under ground . The prac- tice of several animals which burrow in the earth may have suggested the custom ; and it suits that savage state into which even ...
... lived in caves ; and Tacitus describes some of the ruder German tribes as dwelling under ground . The prac- tice of several animals which burrow in the earth may have suggested the custom ; and it suits that savage state into which even ...
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... lived 150 years before Strabo , and Keltica had become much limited , when the Roman wrote , by the successful pro- gress to the Rhine of the German nations . The Belgae had then passed this river , and even entered Gaul . population ...
... lived 150 years before Strabo , and Keltica had become much limited , when the Roman wrote , by the successful pro- gress to the Rhine of the German nations . The Belgae had then passed this river , and even entered Gaul . population ...
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afterwards Alaric Alfred ancestors ancient Angles Anglo-Saxon Arminius Armorica army Arthur attack authority barbarians barbaric battle became Bede Bernicia BOOK Britain British Britons Cæsar called Carausius celebrated century Cerdic CHAP Chauci Cherusci Christian Chron Chronicle chronology Cimbri civilised coast conquest Constantine continent Danube death defeated deity depredations destroyed Ditmarsia East Edda Elbe emperor enemies England Ethelwerd Europe Euxine Flor Francs Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Goths governed Gwrtheyrn Hengist Hist Honorius human Ibid idol imperial inhabitants invaders invasion island Jutes Keltic Kent Kimmerians king kingdom Krantz land language maritime Mascou mentioned Mercia military nations natives Nennius northern ocean Odin Offa Orosius period Picts plunder Pontanus population provinces Ptolemy race regions reign Rhine Roman empire Rome Saga Saxo Saxons says Scythian Snorre Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus tion tribes Urien Welsh Weser Wessex Woden Zosimus СНАР
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