transmarine

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For the security of the new possessions Metellus adopted the device, still rare in the case of transmarine dependencies, of planting colonies on the conquered land.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

There are many instances of the desirableness and the necessity of the transmarine steam post on important lines of foreign communication where we have a large trade, and yet no postal means of conducting it.

From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas

While the kingdom of France was weak, monarchs like Henry II. and Richard I. might dream of extending their transmarine possessions to the detriment of their suzerain at Paris.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

An oath was required from the bishops, who were assembled at Carthage, that they would support the succession of his son Hilderic, and that they would renounce all foreign or transmarine correspondence.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart

But the flame of insurrection had spread throughout Aragon, Valencia, and Navarre, and was speedily communicated to his transmarine possessions of Sardinia and Sicily.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by Prescott, William Hickling