Identifier: historyofgreatbr02henr (find matches)
Title: The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion by the Romans under Julius Caesar
Year: 1823 (1820s)
Authors: Henry, Robert, 1718-1790
Subjects: Great Britain -- History
Publisher: London : Printed for T. and J. Allman (etc., etc. )
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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, orExeter.l Before we take our leave of this part of Ptolemys Geo-graphy, it may be proper to take notice, that he mentionsonly twenty-two British nations to the south of the Wallof Antoninus Pius; whereas, in the first section of thethird chapter of this book, twenty-five nations are said tohave been seated in that part of this island. The reason ofthis difference seems to be, that the Bibroci, Ancalites,and Attacotti, which are mentioned by other writers, andnot named by Ptolemy, were not distinct nations, butincorporated with some of their neighbours, at the timewhen he wrote his Geography. As the twelve British nations of Caledonia, named byPtolemy, and the Horesti, mentioned by Tacitus, werenever subdued by the Romans, and but little known tothem, it may be sufficient to refer the reader to the firstsection of the third chapter of this book, for an accountof these nations and their towns. 1 Horsley, p. 78. NUMBER III. MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN, ACCORDING TO THEITINERARY OF ANTONINUS.
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APPENDIX. 417 NUMBER IV.ANTONINI ITER BRITANNIARUM. Antoninus.^ Itinerary of Britain. This most valuable remain of antiquity was probably No. IV.composed at the command of some of those Homan l-—\r—^emperors who bore the name of Antoninus; thoughsome additions might be made to it afterwards, whennew military ways were laid, and new towns and sta-tions built. It seems to have been designed, in general,to give the Roman emperors, and their civil and mili-tary officers, a distinct idea of the situation, extent, andprincipal places of the several provinces of that prodi-gious empire; and, in particular, to be a directory tothe Roman troops in their marches; for it contains thenames of the towns and stations on the several militaryways, with the number of miles between each of thesetowns, and that which stood next to it, on the sameroad, at the distance of a days march. It is dividedinto many different and distinct Itinera, or Routes, ineach province; some leading one way, some another

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