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  • First, in the Sixth Century CE, we follow young Galaad of Glevum in his travel to Caer Llundain, also known as Londinium, where he intends to consult with High King Artor about the strange visions he´s been having since he suffered an accident.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Robert 2009

  • I would have a good start on Iswy even if the Glevum guards did not catch him.

    Black Horses For The King McCaffrey, Anne 1996

  • So I handed over the message, courteously refused any hospitality, and rode on to Glevum.

    Black Horses For The King McCaffrey, Anne 1996

  • I was glad enough, for Glevum is a considerable town and I had a few odd coins to spend, given me by the satisfied owners of horses I had shod.

    Black Horses For The King McCaffrey, Anne 1996

  • Another _colonia_ is planted at Lincoln (Lindum), and a third at Gloucester (Glevum) in 96.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • The _colonia_ at Glevum (Gloucester) arose in A.D. 96-98, as an inscription seems definitely to attest.

    The Romanization of Roman Britain 1889

  • Roman Alauna; Gloucester or Glevum, already sufficiently explained; and

    Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

  • Gloucester is to tell only half the truth; until we know that the two were linked together by the gradual steps of Glevum castrum, Gleawan ceaster, Gleawe cester, Gloucester, and Gloster, we have not really explained the words at all.

    Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

  • We might modernise a little, so as to show the real sense, by saying 'Glevum city and Corinium city and Bath city.'

    Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

  • These lands were always on the side of the city nearest the enemy; and the lands we are crossing are on the western side of Glevum, nearest the _Silures, _ or South Welsh, who were always the most dangerous enemies the Romans had in Britain.

    Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865

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