How the Britons obtained their first victory over the Angles, under the command of How the Angles, being invited into Britain, at first drove off the enemy but not long after, making a league with them, turned their weapons against their allies. How the Britons, compelled by the great famine, drove the barbarians out of their territories How in the reign of Theodosius the younger, in whose time Palladius was sent to the Scots that believed in Christ, the Britons begging assistance of Aetius, the consul, could not obtain it. How the Britons, being ravaged by the Scots and Picts, sought succour from the Romans, How during the reign of Honorius, Gratian and Constantine were created tyrants in Britain and soon after the former was slain in Britain, and the latter in Gaul. How, in the reign of Arcadius, Pelagius, a Briton, insolently impugned the Grace of God. How during the reign of Gratian, Maximus, being created Emperor in Britain, returned into Gaul with a mighty army. How, when the persecution ceased, the Church in Britain enjoyed peace till the time of the Of the reign of Diocletian, and how he persecuted the Christians. How the Emperor Severus divided from the rest by a rampart that part of Britain which had been recovered. How Lucius, king of Britain, writing to Pope Eleutherus, desired to be made a Christian. How Claudius, the second of the Romans who came into Britain, brought the islands Orcades How Caius Julius Caesar was the first Roman that came into Britain. Of the Situation of Britain and Ireland, and of their ancient inhabitants

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