[16] The Cretans were rulers of the sea, and according to Thucydides King Minos of Crete was "the first person known to us in history as having established a navy. He made himself master of what is now called the Hellenic Sea, and ruled over the Cyclades, into most of which he sent his first colonists, expelling the Carians and appointing his own sons governors; and thus did his best to put down piracy in those waters." [17] Jones, J. J., _Britannia Antiquissima_, 1866. [18] Mackenzie, D. A., _Myths of Crete_, p. xxix. [19] Gray, Mrs. Hamilton, _The Sepulchres of Etruria_, p. 223. [20] This might be due to the coasts being less liable to the plough. See, however, the map of distribution, published by Fergusson, in _Rude Stone Monuments_. [21] Herbert, A., _Cyclops Britannica_, p. 68. [22] _Taliesin_, p. 23. [23] Connellan, A. F. M., p. 337. [24] Aristotle. [25] Smith, Worthington, G., _Man the Primeval Savage_, p. 53. [26] _Short History_, p. 15. [27] Bede. [28] The cities which had been erected in considerable numbers by the Romans were sacked, burnt, and then left as ruins by the Anglo-Saxons, who appear to have been afraid or at least unwilling to use them as places of habitation. An instance of this may be found in the case of Camboritum, the important Roman city which corresponded to our modern Cambridge, which was sacked by the invaders and left a ruin at least until the time of the Venerable Bede, 673-735.--Windle, B. C. A., _Life in Early Britain_, p. 14. [29] Hearnshaw, F. J. C., _England in the Making_, p. 14. [30] Hawkins, E., _The Silver Coins of England_, p. 17. [31] _Coins of the Ancient Britons_, p. 121. [32] _Bello Gallico_, Bk. v., 12, § 3. [33] Smith, Dr. Wm., _Lectures on the English Language_, p. 29. [34] The Americans would describe Gildas as a "Calamity-howler". [35] Le Braz, A., _The Night of Fires_.