So long as classical education and classical prejudices prevailed, educated Englishmen inevitably saw ancient Britain as an alien land. (Norman Davies)

So long as classical education and classical prejudices prevailed, educated Englishmen inevitably saw ancient Britain as an alien land.

Norman Davies

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