BEDE'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE

CHAP.		PAGE
	Preface of Bede to King Ceolwulf .	2
	BOOK I
I.	On the location of Britain and Ireland, and their ancient inhabitants . . . . .	10
II.	How Gaius Julius was the first of the Romans to reach Britain [55–54 B.C.] . . .	22
III.	How Claudius, the second of the Romans to reach the same island, added the Orkney islands also to the Roman Empire; and how Vespasian, sent by him, subjected the Isle of Wight to the Romans [A.D. 43] . . .	26
IV.	How Lucius, king of the Britons, sent a letter to Pope Eleutherus requesting to be made a Christian . . . . .	28
V.	How Severus distinguished the recovered part of Britain from the rest by a wall [193–211] . .	30
VI.	On the reign of Diocletian, and how he persecuted the Christians [284–305] . . .	32
VII.	The passion of Saint Alban and his companions, who shed their blood for the Lord at that same time . . . . .	34
VIII.	How, upon the cessation of this persecution, the Church in Britain enjoyed a short period of peace until the times of Arian madness original: "Arrianae vesaniae" [305–325]	44
IX.	How, during the reign of Gratian, Maximus was created emperor in Britain and returned to Gaul with a great army [379–383] . .	48