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The latter was the new governor of Britannia, and had seemingly won the natives over after their earlier rebellions ; he also controlled three legions, making him a potentially significant claimant.
He was quickly crushed by Probus, but soon afterwards an unnamed governor in Britannia also attempted an uprising.
Ceremonial Maundy money and bullion coinage of gold sovereigns, half sovereigns, and gold and silver Britannia coins are also produced.
69 ( 1912 ), based on Arthur O ' Shaughnessy's Ode, at the line " We fashion an empire's glory ", where he also quoted the opening phrase of " Rule, Britannia!
He also served in Britannia, perhaps arriving c. 60 with reinforcements needed after the revolt of Boudica.
Britannia was also considered to be a " large island.
The " Sylvania theme ", which sounds vaguely like " Rule Britannia ", is also used several times.
Britannia is an ancient term for Great Britain, and also a female personification of the island.
At this time the term Britannia also came to be used for the Armorican peninsula in France, because of the large scale migration to the area by Britons.
Britannia also appeared on the penny coin between 1797 and 1970, occasional issues such as the fourpence under William IV between 1836 and 1837, and on the 50 pence coin between 1969 and 2008.
Preserved Class 7 locomotive No. 70000, built in 1951, was also named Britannia.
It was also during this period that many of the small silver and Britannia plants were combined to form the International Silver Company with its headquarters in Meriden and several plants in Wallingford.
There were also the Strensall Pottery and Britannia pottery near the village.
Physical Air ,— or — Britannia recover'd from a Trance ;— also, the Patriotic Courage of Sherry Andrew ; & a peep thro ' the Fog ( 1803 ) by James Gillray, showing Sheridan as a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin defending Henry Addington and Lord Hawkesbury on the Dover coast from the advancing French rowboats filled with French soldiers, led by Napoleon.
The first year ( 1895 ) had two varieties, one with Britannia holding a trident 1mm to the left of the letter ' P ' in PENNY and the other depicting her holding the trident 2mm away from the P of ' PENNY ' ( this variety also has NO sea behind Britannia ).
The Cob was built between 1807 and 1811 by William Madocks and, in addition to its land reclamation function in conjunction with sluice gates at the Britannia bridge, it serves also as a roadway ( which, since 1836, has been at a lower level on the landward side ) and as a bridge across the Afon Glaslyn.
In 2005, Stamp also narrated the BBC Four documentary Jazz Britannia, which chronicles the evolution of British Jazz music.
Mandelson had also not declared the loan to his building society ( the Britannia ) although they decided not to take any action, with the CEO stating " I am satisfied that the information given to us at the time of the mortgage application was accurate.
By 261, Britannia and Hispania had also acknowledged him as emperor.
The members of the CCF Band can also attend music camps at Britannia Royal Naval College and Altcar.
Russia's anthem was also influenced by the anthems of France and the Netherlands, and by the British patriotic song " Rule, Britannia!
Dartmouth is also the home of the Britannia Royal Naval College and as a result is routinely visited by sizeable naval ships.
They also had Britannia on the reverse, while all other silver fourpenny pieces since the reign of William and Mary have had a crowned numeral " 4 " as the reverse, including the silver fourpenny Maundy money coins of the present.

Britannia and featured
In the spring of 2008, the Royal Mint unveiled new coin designs " reflecting a more modern twenty-first century Britain " which nowhere featured the image of Britannia.
Clarke was featured in the BBC Four documentary Synth Britannia.
In a departure from the previous reigns, the reverse featured a totally new design of a large crowned shield which bore the arms of imperial France in the first quarter, of Scotland in the second quarter, of Ireland in the third quarter, and of England in the fourth quarter, the whole ensemble having a small shield in the centre bearing the rampant lion of Nassau ; the legend on the obverse read ( Of " Magna Britannia " Great Britain, " Francia " France and " Hibernia " Ireland King and Queen ).
Britannia Airways was featured in the first series of the ITV fly on the wall Docusoap Airline show and is being replayed on Sky1 and Pick TV.
Randle was most recently featured in an episode of BBC 4's ' Rude Britannia ' shown in June 2010.
Britannia made her return to the main line on 27 July 1991, successfully working enthusiast trips until 1997, and was featured in an episode of London's Burning.
Planes featured were American Boeings, like the Pan Am 707, but also notable British models like the Bristol Britannia ( with " British & Commonwealth " decals ) and the Vickers Viscount.

Britannia and on
Britannia Yacht Club clubhouse tour, burgee, and wind gauge on roof
Additionally, there are only limited details on later significant events, such as the annexation of Mauretania, Caligula's military actions in Britannia, and his feud with the Roman Senate.
When Hadrian reached Britannia on his famous tour of the Roman provinces around 120, he directed an extensive defensive wall, known to posterity as Hadrian's Wall, to be built close to the line of the Stanegate frontier.
Once Niger was neutralised however, Severus turned on his ally in Britannia — though it is likely that Albinus saw he would be the next target and was already preparing for war.
* Maxima Caesariensis ( based on London ), from Upper Britannia
Britannia as shown on the Tabula Peutingeriana
It opened at Hoxton's Britannia Theatre, and billed as " founded on fact ".
The second Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, visited the islands in 1957 as part of a world tour on board the royal yacht Britannia.
** John Fairfax lands in Hollywood Beach, Florida near Miami and becomes the first person to row across an ocean solo, after 180 days spent at sea on board 25 ' ocean rowboat ' Britannia ' ( left Gran Canaria on January 20, 1969 ).
* Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, governor of Britannia, leads a campaign on the island of Mona ( Anglesey ).
Margaret's corsage was designed by Norman Hartnell, and the honeymoon was spent aboard the royal yacht Britannia on a six-week Caribbean cruise.
Some evidence found on site suggests that about A. D. 150, the villa was considerably enlarged and may have been used as the country retreat of the governors of the Roman province of Britannia.
The options available were a Royal Naval cadetship at HMS Britannia, which Dr Shackleton could not afford, the mercantile marine cadet ships Worcester and Conway, or an apprenticeship " before the mast " on a sailing vessel.
In 2006 the BBC produced a 30-minute documentary The Cult of ... Blake's 7 that was first broadcast on 12 December on BBC Four, as part of a Science Fiction Britannia series.
* In the alternate history novel Ruled Britannia, predicated on the victory of the Spanish Armada in 1588, he and his father organise the English resistance movement against the Spanish with the help of William Shakespeare.
Constantius ’ first task on becoming Caesar was to deal with the Roman usurper Carausius who had declared himself emperor in Britannia and northern Gaul in 286.
An As ( Roman coin ) | As coin from the reign of Antoninus Pius struck in 154 AD showing Britannia on the reverse
One pageant performed on the streets of London in 1605 was described in Anthony Munday's Triumphs of Reunited Britannia:
During the reign of King Charles II, Britannia made her first appearance on English coins on a farthing of 1672 ( see Depiction on British coinage and postage stamps below ).
A later Gillray cartoon, on the 1803 Peace of Amiens, features a fat and non-martial Britannia kissing " Citizen François "

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