Northern Antiquities, Or, An Historical Account of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws, Maritime Expeditions and Discoveries, Language and Literature of the Ancient Scandinavians (Danes, Swedes, Norwegians and Icelanders): With Incidental Notices Respecting Our Saxon AncestorsHenry G. Bohn, 1847 - 578 sider |
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Side 63
... death ; his two sons were slain , and more than fourscore thousand of the Romans and their allies were left dead in the field . Last of all , two other generals , the consul Manlius , and the proconsul Cæpio , to whom had been intrusted ...
... death ; his two sons were slain , and more than fourscore thousand of the Romans and their allies were left dead in the field . Last of all , two other generals , the consul Manlius , and the proconsul Cæpio , to whom had been intrusted ...
Side 65
... death . This first action raised the courage of the Romans , and was the prelude to a victory still more decisive . After the greatest part of the Ambrones had perished in that day's action , Marius caused his army to retire back to his ...
... death . This first action raised the courage of the Romans , and was the prelude to a victory still more decisive . After the greatest part of the Ambrones had perished in that day's action , Marius caused his army to retire back to his ...
Side 79
... death , they are so uncer- tain , that the most profound researches , the most ingenious conjectures about them , discover nothing to us but our own ignorance . Thus previously disposed to doubt , let those an- cient authors I have ...
... death , they are so uncer- tain , that the most profound researches , the most ingenious conjectures about them , discover nothing to us but our own ignorance . Thus previously disposed to doubt , let those an- cient authors I have ...
Side 82
... death was as extraor- dinary as his life . The loose sketches which we have here given of his character , might afford room for many curious conjectures , if they could be depended on as well founded . Among those which have been ...
... death was as extraor- dinary as his life . The loose sketches which we have here given of his character , might afford room for many curious conjectures , if they could be depended on as well founded . Among those which have been ...
Side 85
... death the kingdom of Upsal or Svithiod came into possession of Ivar Vidfami , a lineal descendant from Odin's son Skjöld , the founder of the Skjöldungian dynasty of Denmark . Now that such men as Ingialld and Ivar may have existed ...
... death the kingdom of Upsal or Svithiod came into possession of Ivar Vidfami , a lineal descendant from Odin's son Skjöld , the founder of the Skjöldungian dynasty of Denmark . Now that such men as Ingialld and Ivar may have existed ...
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