 | John Feltham - 1806 - 496 pages
...that.it was then a place of importance among the Roman possessions in Britain. He says that it was " the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce." Ii is afterwards mentioned by Aniinianus Marceltimts, a Latin author in the reign of the Emperor Julia:',... | |
 | John Feltham - 1809 - 466 pages
...that it WES then a place of importance ameng the Roman possessions in Britain. He says that it was " the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and corn, rnerce." It is afterwards mentioned by Ammiunus Marcelliiius, a Latin ailthor in the reign of... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 778 pages
...which broke out in the reign of Nero, and about the year 6l, describes the London of that day, as ' the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce; though not dignified with the name of a Colony .'J This description may be adduced as an additional... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1810 - 768 pages
...which broke out in the reign of Nero, and about the year til, describes the London of that day, as ' the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce; thongh not dignified with the name of a Colony.'} This description may be adduced as an additional... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1811 - 122 pages
...that it was then a place of importance among the Roman possessions in Britain. H« says that it was " the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce." It is afterwards mentioned by Ammitnut Marcellinus, a Latin author in the reign of the Emperor Julian,... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1813 - 516 pages
...Suetonius, undismayed by this disaster, marched through the heart of the country as far as London (a); a place not dignified with the name of a colony, but...merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce. At that place he meant to fix the seat of war; but reflecting on the scanty numbers of his little army,... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - 1816 - 660 pages
...a place of im* portance among the Roman possessions in Britain, and, according to that author, was the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce. Under the Emperor Claudius it became a Roman colony, and was governed by a prefect, annually sent from... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 pages
...satisfactory evidence. Tacitus, however, says; that about the year 61, Londinium, or Colonia Augusta, " was the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce, though not dignified with the name of a colony." In process of time the Romans, made it a permanent... | |
 | John Corry - 1820 - 332 pages
...Appendix , 309 THE ENGLISH METROPOLIS; OR. LONDON IN THE YEAR 1820. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF LONDON. the researches of our antiquaries have failed to discover...Swithin's church, in Cannon-street. It is supposed tit have been the Milliarium of the Romans, from which they measured distances to 1016* stations in... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - 1827 - 646 pages
...insulted British queen Boadicea. He says, " that about the year 61, Londinium, or CoIonia Augusta, was the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce, though not dignified with the name of a Colony." Dr. Gale, on the authority of Ptolemy, is of opinion,... | |
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London (a); a place not dignified with the name of a colony, but the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce. 
