Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . L HISTORY.—THE AMTEXT WOULD. nonce the sen atni s wei-L tiUril wit 1 7 eal the toratiou of the ini .... •. 1 e. .hit were adopted oh ouor tl -a -hi- >f lie hue ])i-uice and to put awav hi- \M 111. el The p ?:rtori;U ..WW. la. \ lU
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . L HISTORY.—THE AMTEXT WOULD. nonce the sen atni s wei-L tiUril wit 1 7 eal the toratiou of the ini .... •. 1 e. .hit were adopted oh ouor tl -a -hi- >f lie hue ])i-uice and to put awav hi- \M 111. el The p ?:rtori;U ..WW. la. \ lUU t.) kn w h hu 1 tl It 1 1 tl 1 1 Ull tl \ t .k up m t um-el\ le t IM t ~k ,t -h JU luj; the fouli-h je>^ of tht ILtCt on u\ die m ot the iSenite Cl\i dr - tht - U t t Diu->u >Chu hUb Isu. md unt . ( ih_ ul li il 1^ -UI leJ the ,olt ot au ni bcc k Dm u^ the u un-^ ot .u<;-ht by the hV a. ^ihle. er were eflliced as rap- After thr of the , Init little attention had been paid toBritain. The tirm establishment and growthot Roman lu-titutious in Gaul, howe\er, andthe exteu>.iou of cuilization to the BritishChannel, hid nuiiialh attiacted the interestof the Em])iu to the impoitint ishnd be^ nl C muuuiil ^ hid «piuug upbetween L udniium and the to\\u> ot the con-. Tiberius and Caligula idiocy was of primevalue, especially in those of high birth. Clau-dius had discovered that to be a fool was tohave a breastplate. Whether the praetoriansbelieved him wiser than he seemed, or deemedit better for themselves that the Empire shouldhave an imbecile for its head, does not any rate, they chose him for Emperor; andhe was dragged from his hiding-place in thepalace to assume the duties of government. Without great abilities, the new Ciesarshowed much wisdom in the beginning of hisreign. He imitated the policy of exiles were recalleil. aud the devastations tinent, and ships passed constantly betweenthe Thames aud the Rhine.
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