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must have been great . Ther 6 were constant wars either with the Welsh oh the north , for four ce Roman roilita ^ establish ^ the youth of tlie Welsh natives and of the Roman settlers were drained from the ishmd to take part in the continental wars of the
emperors and mock emperors . In the fourth century alone many circumstances opera ^ the local population . First , the direct iMuence of & wild tribes , who made fearful progress within the Roman bounds , onthe north and west . Secoiid , t % iu ^ coasts , who slew many in % ht , and carried off large numbers to be
sold as slaves . Third . The- - 'diwn \ tip 6 ti--thie . ; population for the wars in Gaul and Spain . '; -. .- :. y : ;// - ^; : ;; .. '; Fourth . The eithaustipn and extinction of the w ^ the political condition of the country , and the constant drain on the population to replace ^ 1 ^^
Fifth . The fatal influence of the Ckti ^ spread over the islands , and hood and large numbers of monks and nuns , and restrained the intercourse even of the married . Britain was in no degree more favoured than the other provinces of the empire , aiid the Roman aristocracy or governing classes in Britain ,
must have died off like those of the other provinces . At one and the same time , ascetic manners contributed to the decrease of the population , as did the vilest debauchery , and no population could have escaped the certain results . What happened during the Wars of the Roses and the tyranny of the Tudors , for a brief period and on a
limited scale , was , under the emperors and pretenders , a chronic condition of society . Each new emperor slaughtered the old oligarchs , and raised up new ones ; and from the vicissitudes of politics , the cloisters afforded the only refuge , and there the extinction of the population was as assuredly provided for .
Maximus was alone enough to have ruined the island ,. Not content with the empire of Britain , which he acquired about the year 382 , he contended with Gratian for that of the west ; and he is said to have carried so many of the Britains to Gaul that he left the island almost undefended , while he set up the seat of his authority at Treves . - On
his fall in 388 Britain must have been in the most deplorable condition , for its best men were lost , and the Scots and Pic ts had continued their ravages . Every ten years the same events were repeated , and in 411 , Constantino having repeated the career of Maximus , must have cut off the next generation .
Had the Germani , as supposed , formed part of the population of the island , they would have been equally involved in the expeditions of Carausius , Maximus and Constantino , and a , s certainly extirpated , as
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Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topog...
must have been great . Ther 6 were constant wars either with the Welsh oh the north , for four ce Roman roilita ^ establish ^ the youth of tlie Welsh natives and of the Roman settlers were drained from the ishmd to take part in the continental wars of the
emperors and mock emperors . In the fourth century alone many circumstances opera ^ the local population . First , the direct iMuence of & wild tribes , who made fearful progress within the Roman bounds , onthe north and west . Secoiid , t % iu ^ coasts , who slew many in % ht , and carried off large numbers to be
sold as slaves . Third . The- - 'diwn \ tip 6 ti--thie . ; population for the wars in Gaul and Spain . '; -. .- :. y : ;// - ^; : ;; .. '; Fourth . The eithaustipn and extinction of the w ^ the political condition of the country , and the constant drain on the population to replace ^ 1 ^^
Fifth . The fatal influence of the Ckti ^ spread over the islands , and hood and large numbers of monks and nuns , and restrained the intercourse even of the married . Britain was in no degree more favoured than the other provinces of the empire , aiid the Roman aristocracy or governing classes in Britain ,
must have died off like those of the other provinces . At one and the same time , ascetic manners contributed to the decrease of the population , as did the vilest debauchery , and no population could have escaped the certain results . What happened during the Wars of the Roses and the tyranny of the Tudors , for a brief period and on a
limited scale , was , under the emperors and pretenders , a chronic condition of society . Each new emperor slaughtered the old oligarchs , and raised up new ones ; and from the vicissitudes of politics , the cloisters afforded the only refuge , and there the extinction of the population was as assuredly provided for .
Maximus was alone enough to have ruined the island ,. Not content with the empire of Britain , which he acquired about the year 382 , he contended with Gratian for that of the west ; and he is said to have carried so many of the Britains to Gaul that he left the island almost undefended , while he set up the seat of his authority at Treves . - On
his fall in 388 Britain must have been in the most deplorable condition , for its best men were lost , and the Scots and Pic ts had continued their ravages . Every ten years the same events were repeated , and in 411 , Constantino having repeated the career of Maximus , must have cut off the next generation .
Had the Germani , as supposed , formed part of the population of the island , they would have been equally involved in the expeditions of Carausius , Maximus and Constantino , and a , s certainly extirpated , as