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HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII.
CASSELL'S
History of England
FROM THE ROMAN INVASION
TO THE WARS OF THE ROSES
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS,
INCLUDING COLOURED
AND REMBRANDT PLATES
VOL. I
THE KING'S EDITION
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
MCMIX
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
THE ROMAN RULE IN BRITAIN. PAGE
Earliest Notices of the British Isles—The Celts—Their Settlement in Britain—Their Character and Customs—Druidism—ItsOrganisation and Authority—Its Tenets—Stonehenge and other Remains—Cæsar's Preparations—The First Invasion—Perilof the Romans and their Retirement—The Second Invasion—Cæsar's Battles with Cassivelaunus—Claudiusin Britain—The Resistance of Caractacus—His Defeat and Capture—His Speech before Claudius—TheConquest of Anglesea—Boadicea's Rebellion—The Capture of Camulodunum and London—Her Defeat and Death—Agricolain Britain—His Campaigns and Administration—His Campaign against the Caledonians—His Recall—TheWalls of Hadrian and Severus—Rivals to the Emperor—Constantine's Accession—Christianity in Britain—Invasionsof the Picts and Scots—Dismemberment of the Roman Empire and Departure of the Romans—Divisions andAdministration of Britain under the Romans 2
ROMAN REMAINS IN BRITAIN.
Two Varieties of Masonry—Dover Castle—Richborough Castle—Newport Gate, Lincoln—Hadrian's Wall—Its Directionand Construction—Outworks—Ornamental Detail—Roman Roads and Camps 19
THE FOUNDATION OF THE ENGLISH KINGDOMS AND THEIR CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.
The Jutes, Angles, and Saxons—Their Village Communities—Larger Combina
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