 | Robert Henry - 1788 - 518 pages
...Britain, it merits a more particular defcription. Though neither Dio nor Herodian make any mention of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the protection...the greateft glory of his reign. After the wall was " finifticd, he retired to tiie next ftation (York) not only *' a conqueror, but founder of an eternal... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 442 pages
...the former, againit their future incurlions. Though neither 13io nor Herodian make any mention of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the protection...he really built fuch a wall. " He fortified Britain (lays Spartian) with a wall drawn crofs the ¡(land from lea to lea ; which is the greattft glory or... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...neither Dio nor, Herodiarr rrrake any men-- tion of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the prbteôion of the Roman province, yet we have abundant evidence...he really built fuch a wall. " He fortified Britain (fay» Spartian) with a wall drawn crofs the ifland from fea to fea ; which is the greateft glory of... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1814 - 514 pages
...Britain, it merits a more particular attention. Though neither Dio nor Herodian make any mention of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the protection...fortified Britain {fays Spartian) with a '« wall drawn acrofs the ifland, from fea to fea ; which " is the greateft glory of his reign. After the wall was... | |
 | Robert Henry - 1814 - 534 pages
...Britain, it merits a more particular attention. . Though neither Dio nor Herodian make any mention of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the protection...fortified Britain (fays Spartian) with a *« wall drawn acrofs the ifland, from fea to fea ; which *' is the greateft glory of his reign. After the wall was... | |
 | 1823 - 936 pages
...nor Herod ¡an make any mention of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the protection of the Reman province, yet we have abundant evidence from other writers of equal authority, that he really built such a wall. " He fortified Britain (says Spartiau) with a wall drawn cross the island from sea to... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pages
...the former against their future incursions. Though neither Dio nor Herodian makes any mention of a Q Q such a wall. ' He fortified Britain,' says Spartian, 'with a wall drawn cross the island from sea to... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...terms: "He fortified Britain with _a wall drawn across the island from sea to sea; which is the greatest glory of his reign. After the wall was finished, he retired to the next station (York), not only a conqueror, but the founder of an eternal peace." Rapin says, " The wall... | |
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Though neither Dio nor Herodian make any mention of a wall built by Severus in Britain for the protection of the Roman province, yet we have abundant evidence from other writers of equal authority, that he really built fuch a wall. " He fortified Britain... 