Young Folks' History of England
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Young Folks' History of England
                                            
                            By Charlotte Mary Yonge
                            
                                17 Dec, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Nearly two thousand years ago there was a brave captain whose name was Julius C sar. The soldiers he led to battle were very strong, and conquered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gunpowder then; but they had swords and spears, and, 
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                                                Nearly two thousand years ago there was a brave captain whose name was Julius C sar. The soldiers he led to battle were very strong, and conquered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gunpowder then; but they had swords and spears, and, to prevent themselves from being hurt, they had helmets or brazen caps on their heads, with long tufts of horse-hair upon them, by way of ornament, and breast-plates of brass on their breasts, and on their arms they carried a sort of screen, made of strong leather. Less