Example sentences of "[prep] the late third " in BNC.

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1 They were all fortified some time after the late third century and are characterized by their broadly rectangular shape and small size .
2 Thus , in the case of the Roman hoards of the late third century , we should perhaps look for some other explanation .
3 Many survived the depredation of the barbarian incursion of the late third century from which Britain was spared .
4 For instance , the excavation of a British site might produce several coins of the second century AD , none from the early third century , and large quantities from the late third and mid to late fourth centuries AD .
5 This vast reorganization of the Imperial defences from the late third century onward produced defence road networks as well as a massive re-fortification of the frontiers themselves .
6 A superficial consideration might suggest that this site was prosperous in the second century , then in recession in the early third century , only to recover in the late third and fourth centuries .
7 It need have been irrelevant only at the time the edition of the digesta was made , which according to Schulz was in the late third century .
8 These temples and their priestly organiza-tions came under serious threat in times of anarchy and economic recession and they probably suffered from serious depredations in the late third century .
9 Even the Druids emerged slowly and rather unexcitingly in the late third century B.C. in Sotion , the historian of Greek philosophy ( Diog .
10 This must have happened in the late third century .
11 One of them remained in use after a disastrous fire in the late third century destroyed much of the town as well as the mansio , which was not rebuilt .
12 Then , surprisingly , this activity was superseded by buildings of very different , non-industrial , functions , including , from north to south , a circular structure replaced in the late third or early fourth century by an aisled barn , a rectangular shed later embellished with a portico and an internal apse , and two further circular buildings ; opposite the latter to the west was a fourth-century mausoleum .
13 The Goths , who came from Gotland in the late third century divided and merged with other peoples .
14 His origins are obscure , but he seems to have been a German from one of the tribes which were allowed to settle within the Empire , and for which privilege they were liable for military service , a practice going back to the late third century .
15 It was certainly suppressed by the late third or fourth century when the stone building was provided with a corridor 4 m ( 13 ft ) wide along its western side , comprising two and ultimately three rooms .
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