Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.
-- John Lothrop Motley
   
John Lothrop Motley   Name:
John Lothrop Motley
Type:
Historian
Nationality:
American
Birth:
April 15, 1814
Death:
May 29, 1877
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