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Title: Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
Release Date: March 10, 2015 [eBook #48451]
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[Illustration: _From the painting by W. H. Margetson._
From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
With Numerous Illustrations, Including Coloured and Rembrandt Plates
Cassell and Company, Limited London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne MCMIX
Earliest Notices of the British Isles--The Celts--Their Settlement in Britain--Their Character and Customs--Druidism--Its Organisation and Authority--Its Tenets--Stonehenge and other Remains--Cæsar's Preparations--The First Invasion--Peril of the Romans and their Retirement--The Second Invasion--Cæsar's Battles with Cassivelaunus--Claudius in Britain--The Resistance of Caractacus--His Defeat and Capture--His Speech before Claudius--The Conquest of Anglesea--Boadicea's Rebellion--The Capture of Camulodunum and London--Her Defeat and Death--Agricola in Britain--His Campaigns and Administration--His Campaign against the Caledonians--His Recall--The Walls of Hadrian and Severus--Rivals to the Emperor--Constantine's Accession--Christianity in Britain--Invasions of the Picts and Scots--Dismemberment of the Roman Empire and Departure of the Romans--Divisions and Administration of Britain under the Romans 2