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Magna Britannia
… figure, but tending to circular. Oval stones, used by the Britons for slings, have been found in it, yet its lofty …
Magna Britannia
… fixed stations, and formed roads in every part of it. The Britons had certainly one of their principal roads, the …
Magna Britannia
… that many of the encampments were constructed by the Britons at that early period when this island was divided … which is known to have been inhabited by the same tribe of Britons. The most remarkable fortress on the western coast, …
Magna Britannia
… part with particular attention, the civil works of the Britons seem to have been very generally defaced, or altered … as I have before observed, it may have been a city of the Britons. That it was inhabited, however, by the Romans, and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… (1950), 319-21, pl. 5A. Sir J. Evans, Coins of the Ancient Britons (1864, suppl. 1890); R. P. Mack, Coinage of Ancient …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… fixed at about A.D. 410 when Honorius bade the Britons defend themselves, the fabric of Roman life did not … records a series of battles in south-east England between Britons and the invaders. A reference to a Cuthwulf or Cutha … To these might well be added former mercenaries of the Britons now seeking land, and to whom Middlesex, especially …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Romans, darting from the shelter of the woods in which the Britons had hidden their families and cattle. The Roman … a few days after crossing the Thames, Caesar defeated the Britons, perhaps somewhere near St. Albans ( Verulamium). 15 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Roman general Ostorius, who was defeated here by the Britons. It was formerly the property, in succession, of the …