The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of DoverLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 462 pages |
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... ship to make a survey of the opposite coast . On receiving his report he embarked his troops at the Portus Itius , now known as Boulogne . His transports were about eighty in number , and held two legions , the Seventh and the Tenth ...
... ship to make a survey of the opposite coast . On receiving his report he embarked his troops at the Portus Itius , now known as Boulogne . His transports were about eighty in number , and held two legions , the Seventh and the Tenth ...
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... ships digged up ) , is more noted for the convenience of its harbour ( though it has but little of that left it ) and the passage from thence to France , than either its neat- ness or populousness . " That the sea ran a considerable ...
... ships digged up ) , is more noted for the convenience of its harbour ( though it has but little of that left it ) and the passage from thence to France , than either its neat- ness or populousness . " That the sea ran a considerable ...
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... ship , cried out with a stentorian voice : " Leap down , soldiers , unless you wish to betray the eagle to the enemy ... ships . Then commenced a fierce contest , in which the Romans , unable to keep their proper formations , were likely ...
... ship , cried out with a stentorian voice : " Leap down , soldiers , unless you wish to betray the eagle to the enemy ... ships . Then commenced a fierce contest , in which the Romans , unable to keep their proper formations , were likely ...
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... ships for another invasion of Britain in the ensuing year . On his return to Gaul in 54 B.C. , he found that his orders had been effectually obeyed , and that over 800 vessels were ready for his purpose 2 EARLIEST TIMES TO B.C. 54 . 17.
... ships for another invasion of Britain in the ensuing year . On his return to Gaul in 54 B.C. , he found that his orders had been effectually obeyed , and that over 800 vessels were ready for his purpose 2 EARLIEST TIMES TO B.C. 54 . 17.
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... ships rendered it necessary for the Roman transports to make two journeys to the continent , but , calm weather prevailing , they were made in safety , and by the end of September Cæsar , with all his troops , was in Gaul again . In the ...
... ships rendered it necessary for the Roman transports to make two journeys to the continent , but , calm weather prevailing , they were made in safety , and by the end of September Cæsar , with all his troops , was in Gaul again . In the ...
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