 Wherever they expected feeble resistance, and considerable booty, there they were sure to attack with the fiercest rage. Military skill was not the talent of Barbarians. The number massacred in the places which have been mentioned, amounted to no less...  Incidents of the Apostolic Age in Britain - Page 118by Jefferys Taylor - 1844 - 292 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1813 - 516 pages
...skill was not the talent of Barbarians. The number massacred in- the places which have been mentioned, amounted to no less than seventy thousand, all citizens or allies of Rome. To make prisoners, and reserve them for slavery, or to exchange them, was not in the idea of a people,... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 410 pages
...skill was not the talent of barbarians. The number massacred in the places which have been mentioned amounted to no less than seventy thousand, all citizens or allies of Rome. To make prisoners, and reserve them for slavery, or to exchange them, was not in the idea of a people... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 pages
...immortal. wo< not the talent of Barbarians. The number massacred in the places which have been mentioned, amounted to no less than seventy thousand, all citizens or allies of Rome. To make prisoners, and reserve them for slavery, or to exchange them, was not in the idea of a people,... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1839 - 512 pages
...skill was not the talent of barbarians. The number massacred in the places which have been mentioned, amounted to no less than seventy thousand, all citizens or allies of Rome. To make prisoners and reserve them for slavery, or to exchange them, was not the idea of a people,... | |
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