The dynasty of Theodosius, or, eighty years' struggle with the barbarians

Note 34 — LECTURE II. The Roman and the Teuton. Comparison of the Political and Social Condition of the Empire and its German Neighbours.

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We have a word Gá in English akin to the German Gau, but it does not seem to have been ever extensively used. For the reasons why shire is not precisely appropriate, see Prof. Freeman’s Essay ‘The Shire and the Gá.’ Have we a trace of the Gau in the names of Linlithgow and Glasgow?

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