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Paulus Orosius on Britain, Ireland, and Mevania (Isle of Man), c. AD 416

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Classical Roman geographer Paulus Orosius's description of the British Isles, including the first known written reference to the Isle of Man under its Latin name 'Mevania'. This passage provides early geographical and ethnographic context for the island's settlement by Scots. Included in Manx Society vol. IV as foundational background to Manx history.

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