The world: historical and actual . hat part of the globe bore noimportant part. The Phoenicians are supposed to have been , the first topass thepillars ofHercules,and dis-cover thegreat isl-and of theNorth At-1 a n t i c .Learningof the ex-istence ofthe richtin minesof Corn-wall, theycarried onquite anextensivetrade withthe Corn-ish it wasnot until the eagle eye of Julius Caesar looked across the chan-nel and conceived the purpose of annexing Britain tothe Roman Empire that it really became a part of thehistorical world. He crossed the straits of Dover 55. His commentaries gi
The world: historical and actual . hat part of the globe bore noimportant part. The Phoenicians are supposed to have been , the first topass thepillars ofHercules,and dis-cover thegreat isl-and of theNorth At-1 a n t i c .Learningof the ex-istence ofthe richtin minesof Corn-wall, theycarried onquite anextensivetrade withthe Corn-ish it wasnot until the eagle eye of Julius Caesar looked across the chan-nel and conceived the purpose of annexing Britain tothe Roman Empire that it really became a part of thehistorical world. He crossed the straits of Dover 55. His commentaries give a somewhat glowingaccount of the people and of their progress towardscivilization. Of their religion, Druidism, he wrote,They teach that the soul is imperishable, passing atdeath into another body. They consider this beliefa potent incentive to bravery in battle, removing asit does the fear of death. The priests were calledDruids, and they were not only ministers of religion,but also ministers of justice, and in general the in-. SAXON DIVINITIES FORMERLY WORSHIPED IN BRITAIN. Sunday. 2. Monday. 3. Tuesday. 4. Wednesday. 6. Friday. tellectual aristocracy of the country. The religiousrites observed were horrible, for they practiced hu-man sacrifice, sometimes immolating many victimsat one time. Julius Caesar crossed to England twice during hisGallic and Germanic Wars, but he did little morethan to gain and disseminate information about thecountry. It was in A. D. 43, that England wasreally annexed to the empire. The attacking armywas first led by Plautius, but soon the Emperor Claudiushimselfappearedupon thes c e n e .When hereturnedto the con-tineutVes-pasian (af-terwardsemperor)was left isl-anders de-fendedthemselveswith brav-ery, butof coursethey wereimpotentas againstsuch anenemy asAbout twentyout. The 7. Saturday. Rome at the zenith of its poweryeais elapsed when a rebellion brokeleader of the Britons was Boadicea, queen of one ofthe tribes or counties of Br
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