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  Marius of Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marius (Welsh: Mayric) was a legendary king of the Britons during the time of the Roman occupation of Britain as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Known as one of the wiser kings of Britain, he ruled in the time when the Picts first came to Britain.
In regard to Rome, Marius established close ties and good diplomacy through tribute and respect of the Roman citizens in Britain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marius_of_Britain   (245 words)

  
 Chapter One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Marius stared as the gladiator sprang catlike to his feet, bowed and made his way towards the exit tunnel in the centre of the amphitheatre wall opposite.
Marius watched for the Praeses' reaction and caught it in the imperceptible curling of the lip, the slight darkening of the eyes.
Marius was jogged from his reverie by Pelio's voice shouting abuse from the front of the carriage at a group of revellers blocking their progress.
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 Coilus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coilus was a legendary king of the Britons during the time of the Roman occupation of Britain as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
He was the son of King Marius and ruled following his father's death.
He was brought up in Rome and favoured the company of Romans in Britain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coilus   (129 words)

  
 Marius Flavius Vespasianus
Marius is the undisputed head of the Ventrue clan on the East Coast.
Marius Flavius Icilius was born in 3 AD to a Roman family who's prestige had been waning since the fall of the Republic.
Marius was utterly unprepared for the intensity of the thirst.
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 Marius (koning van Brittannië) -- MariusMythische Britse koningenHet tweed...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Marius (Welsh: Mayric) was was volgens de legende, zoals beschreven door Geoffrey of Monmouth, koning van Brittannië gedurende de Romeinse bezetting.
Het is mogelijk dat een vloot onder de leiding van Sodric uit Scytia kwam, en in Alba aan land kwam.
Marius stond hen echter niet toe om Britse vrouwen te huwen, en de Picten vertrokken naar Ierland op zoek naar bruiden.
marius-koning-van-brittannie.nl.tracking24.net   (205 words)

  
 Marius, Gaius - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Marius, Gaius
Marius tried to deprive Sulla of the command in the east against Mithridates and, as a result, civil war broke out in 88
Sulla marched on Rome, and Marius fled to Africa, but later returned and created a reign of terror in Rome.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Marius - Royal Blue Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Haakon loves Marius as his own child and plays and has fun with him and generally treats him like it was his own child.
I know perfectly well that Marius will never receive the title of 'prince' because he isn't of royal birth, but he is the son of a now crown princess and the brother of the future Norwegian Queen, so a lower noble title might (see the word might) be a possibility.
Marius isn't going to be a prince and he isnt going to be adopted as stressed by his mother and step-father before their marriage.
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For the limitations thus imposed upon the writer are such as few men can satisfactorily cope with, and he must needs ask the indulgence of his readers for his painfully-felt shortcomings in dealing with the mass of material which he has to manipulate.
For Britain, History (meaning thereby the more or less trustworthy record of political and social development) does not even begin till its destinies were drawn within the sphere of Roman influence.
And while the place of flint in the armoury of Britain was taken first by bronze and then by iron, these changes were made by no sudden breaks, but so gradually that it is impossible to say when one period ended and the next began.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/9/1/12910/12910.txt   (16970 words)

  
 The history of
The south of Britain is now a settled world with towns, roads, markets, villages, industries (eg pottery), and rural farmsteads.
Britain is quiet now, and the years ahead are marked by a vast amount of new military building on the northern frontier.
This is the age of the fabulously wealthy, though by Empire standards Britain remains a backwater.
www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk /Rbdates.htm   (2358 words)

  
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But to the Britains Famine was a worse Affliction; having left off, during this uproar, to till the Ground, and made reckoning to serve themselves on the Provisions of their Enemy.
Which advantage the Britains quickly spying, and on a sudden uniting what before they had disjoin'd, assail by night with all their forces that part of the Roman Army which they knew to be the weakest; and breaking in upon the Camp, surpris'd between sleep and fear, had begun some Execution.
The Britains also not acknowledging the loss of that day to Roman Valour, but to the policy of their Captain, abated nothing of their stoutness; but arming their youth, conveying their Wives and Children to places of safety, in frequent Assemblies, and by solemn Covenants bound themselves to mutual assistance against the common Enemy.
www.humanities.ualberta.ca /emls/iemls/work/etexts/histbrit.txt   (15641 words)

  
 Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The legend relates that a group of Trojan refugees led by Brutus came to Britain in 1149 BCE and wrested control of the island from its previous inhabitants, the Giants, who were led by Gogmagog (note a strong set of parallels between this and the story of the Milesian invasion of Ireland).
The Dux Britanniarum, based at York, was responsible for defending northern Britain against the Picts and other invaders; as such, the Wall of Hadrian and the Antonine Wall were under his jurisdiction.
Magnus Maximus is well-known as a rebel Emperor who gained nearly all of the West (Britain, Gaul, and Hispania) in 383-388 from Gratian, and was recognized by Theodosius in the East.
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 MacDuff Universe Chronology: 200 BCE to 1799 BCE
Marius is taken to Britain by the druid Mael and becomes the new god of the grove.
Marius wakes up and buys a mansion in Venice where he lives the life of a painter.
Marius turns his slave, Amadeo, into a vampire so he can have an eternal companion.
www.freewebs.com /kossmaestro/chrono2.html   (2969 words)

  
 History On-Line
The impact of defence on the construction of national and European identity: a comparative case study of Britain, 1960-Feb. 1963, Italy and France, 1956-8.
The Brahmins and Britain: the significance of British models in the forming of the upper class of Boston, Massachusetts, 1780-1840.
The infrastructure of informal empire: a study of Britain's Native Agency in Bahrain, c.1816-1900.
www.history.ac.uk /ihr/Resources/Theses/tc01.html   (9030 words)

  
 Early Britain--Roman Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
SECTION C. Roman evacuation of Britain begun—Maximus—Settlement of Brittany—Stilicho restores the Wall—Radagaisus invades Italy—Twentieth Legion leaves Britain—Britain in the 'Notitia'—Final effort of British Army—The last Constantine—Last Imperial Rescript to Britain—Sack of Rome by Alaric—Collapse of Roman rule in Britain.
conquest of Britain (?) [V.D. Palaeolithic Age—Extinct fauna—River-bed men—Flint implements—Burnt stones—Worked bones—Glacial climate.
C. 1.—How or when the first swarms of the Aryan migration reached Britain is quite unknown.[11] But they undoubtedly belonged to the Celtic branch of that family, and to the Gaelic (Gadhelic or Goidelic) section of the branch, which still holds the Highlands of Scotland and forms the bulk of the population of Ireland.
www.blackmask.com /thatway/books161c/ebrit.htm   (10503 words)

  
 From a Republic to Emperor Augustus
At the age of twenty-six, Cicero had begun his career as a lawyer, and he won a case for a man who was heir to property confiscated during Sulla's terror, a case in which he won fame for himself.
He saw as rivals those politicians whose words and actions were designed to please what he called "the mob." He believed that conservatives appealed to the best in Romans, that they appealed to thinking people.
Most of Britain's tribal chieftains were friendly toward Rome and wished to maintain and develop trade with the continent.
www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch18.htm   (9911 words)

  
 BSJA - News
Four riders shared third spot after failing to clear the maximum height, including Tim Stockdale, Scott Smith and Mark Armstrong, whilst Paul Barker and Barry Shields Quatro III were relegated to seventh when all fell apart in what was the final round, despite having cleared the wall in great style in the two previous rounds.
Britain’s Richard Davenport partnered by Martin Dawes’s fantastic mare Laguina took the FEI World Cup Qualifier by storm in what was a thrilling contest between the best combinations from the world of show jumping.
There was further success for Britain when Paul Barker made it two victories in one day by landing both the Martin Collins Enterprises Knock-Out and Heat 4 of the Mitsubishi Motors Ride and Drive.
www.bsja.co.uk /news.html?newsID=300   (1515 words)

  
 The Vere Descendants of Geoffrey Plantagenet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
His eleventh son; (f) AVIRAGUN, King of Britain, lived in Avalon (The Isle of Arran), the renowned enemy of Rome; married VENISSA JULIA, daughter of TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS CAESAR, EMPEROR OF ROME, who was the grandson of MARK ANTONY.
The son of Aviragus and Venissa Julia was; (g) MERIC, (Marius,), King of Britain, married the daughter of the GODDESS-QUEEN BOADICEA (VICTORIA.)
The greatest of all Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain to the Roman Empire, his son; (44) CONSTANTIUS II, died in 360, his son; (45) CONSTANTIUS III, married Placida, died in 421, his son; (46) VALENTINIAN III, died in 455.
www.dagobertsrevenge.com /devere/Genealogies/VeredescentfromPlantagenet.html   (5745 words)

  
 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Parents: Meric (Marius) King Of BRITAIN and Daughter of Prasutagus King\Icenians.
Parents: Arviragus King Of BRITAIN and Venissa (Genissa) Princess Of ROMAN EMPIRE.
Children were: Coilus King Of BRITAIN [Old King Cole].
bailey.aros.net /jsbailey/d43.htm   (2710 words)

  
 Arthurian Passages from Geoffrey of Monmouth
When they had made all necessary preparations, they embarked, and arrived at the port of Totness; and then without delay assembled together the youth that was left in the island, and encountered the enemy; over whom, by the merit of the holy prelate, they obtained the victory.
Vortigern, after the death of his son, was again restored to the kingdom, and at the request of his wife sent messengers into Germany to Hengist, with an invitation to return into Britain, but privately, and with a small retinue, to prevent a quarrel between the barbarians and his subjects.
For the star, and the fiery dragon under it, signifies yourself, and the ray extending towards the Gallic coast, portends that you shall have a most potent son, to whose power all those kingdoms shall be subject over which the ray reaches.
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/geofhkb.htm   (20675 words)

  
 King Cyvelm Family Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
was born in 0010 in Britain and died about 0074.
- was born in 0010 in Britain and died about 0074.
King Marius "of Britain" of Siluria and Britons
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 Postumus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gallienus also extended his authority into Spain and Britain using a combination of diplomacy and the threat of military force.
Postumus quickly crushed the rebels, but would not let his own troops sack Mainz, the city where the rebels had made their headquarters.
Marius did not last for more than a few days when he was in turn murdered by the troops.
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 BROCOLITIA
The well itself was found to contain a vast collection of Roman coins and other votive objects, a number of which were stolen during a weekend raid upon the excavation site; the remaining coins, mostly bronze denominations numbering 13,487 in total.
Rebuilt shortly afterwards during the visit of the legitimate emperor Constantius who campaigned in the north of Britain, the temple was finally demolished early in the fourth century, possibly by the pious followers of a new religious sect which was then becoming popular, Christians.
The Roman Inscriptions of Britain by R.G. Collingwood and R.P. Wright (Oxford 1965).
www.roman-britain.org /places/brocolitia.htm   (2739 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
It was during Claudius’ reign that Britain was conquered in AD 43 and it is said that Claudius himself came to Britain to accept the surrender of the eleven Kings.
Nero began to lose control of the empire through a combination of slack government or because he was trying to to reduce the powers of the provincial governers.
The result was a series of revolutions - Boudicca rose in Britain while the jews of Palestina (Judaea) rebelled and the German legions grew mutinous.
www.camelotintl.com /romans/emperors.html   (3699 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports: 2000 Summer Games:
Britain (Richard Davison, Askari-1602; Emile Faurie, Rascher Hopes-1674; Kirsty Mepham, Dikkiloo-1570; Carl Hester, Argentile Gullit-1622), 4898; 9.
Dean Macey, Britain (10.81, 903; (7.77), 25-6, 1002; (14.62), 47-11 3-4, 766; (2.09), 6-10 1-4, 887; 46.41, 988), 4546.
Joice Maduaka, Britain, 23.57; NR, Cydonie Camille Mothersille, Cayman Islands, DNS.
www.canoe.ca /2000GamesResults/sep27.html   (2256 words)

  
 LogoLounge.Com
When Great Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair started cheerleading about "Cool Britannia," it was one of the first times the concept of "national branding" was introduced to the public.
We asked two active participants in the exchange and LogoLounge members, Marius Ursache, Chief Creative Officer of Grapefruit Design, Romania (marius@grapefruitdesign.com and www.grapefruitdesign.com), and Jack Yan, CEO of Jack Yan & Associates, (jack.yan@jyanet.com and www.jyanet.com), to expand on some of their views.
I think the re-branding of Britain is meant more for Britain inside its boundaries, rather than how it is seen from the outside.
www.logolounge.com /articles?ArticleID=73   (1430 words)

  
 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She was married to Coilus King Of BRITAIN [Old King Cole].
Daughter of Prasutagus King\Icenians Parents: Prasutagus King Of (Iceni) ICENIANS and Boadicea (Victoria) Queen of ICENIANS.
She was married to Meric (Marius) King Of BRITAIN.
bailey.aros.net /jsbailey/d5.htm   (429 words)

  
 C. Julius Caesar - a biography in twelve parts
Having impressed the Germans, the Gauls, and the Senate, Caesar turned to the west, where a large fleet was ready to carry Caesar's armies to Britain, where a short campaign took place.
Although the Britons were backward and still retained the primitive social system of chiefdoms (i.e., there were no states), the Senate was duly impressed by the general who had reached the legendary edges of the earth.
Some scientific experiments were carried out in Essex: from measurements with a water clock, Caesar's explorators learned that the nights in Britain were shorter than on the continent.
www.livius.org /caa-can/caesar/caesar04.html   (1439 words)

  
 UNMANNED SYSTEMS
The water column is always of interest, but one area may be more interested in subsea geological or seismic information, while another may seek information on the fisheries potential.
The reliability advantage is exemplified by the trend of removing the human element (diver) from the underwater work tasks and replacing him with a tested, proven, and known work package.
The MARIUS vehicle is designed for seabed inspections and environmental surveys in coastal water less than 600 m deep.
www.wtec.org /loyola/subsea/c5_s2.htm   (2203 words)

  
 America & Britain in Prophecy -- Chapter 3: Anglo-American Ethnic Roots
However, Great Britain was eventually overrun by peoples from the east known as the Angles and Saxons.
So historians are generally agreed in referring to all the major peoples who followed the Celts into Britain as "Germans." But, as we will examine shortly, they were quite different from other tribes, whose descendants today inhabit Germany.
The Cymric Celts [migrated] from Armenia to Britain...
www.abcog.org /abp3.htm   (10294 words)

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