Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England

Bede, the Venerable, Saint · 735

Editor’s Preface Introduction Life Of Bede Errata Preface Book I Chap. I. Of the Situation of Britain and Ireland, and of their ancient inhabitants. Chap. II. How Caius Julius Caesar was the first Roman that came into Britain. Chap. III. How Claudius, the second of the Romans who came into Britain, brought the islands Orcades into subjection to the Roman empire; and Vespasian, sent by him, reduced the Isle of Wight under the dominion of the Romans. Chap. IV. How Lucius, king of Britain, writing to Pope Eleutherus, desired to be made a Christian. Chap. V. How the Emperor Severus divided from the rest by a rampart that part of Britain which had been recovere…

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