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... capital Situation of Byzantium Description of CONSTANTINOPLE The Bosphorus The port of Constantinople The Propontis The Hellespont Advantages of Constantinople Foundation of the city Its extent Progress of the work Edifices Population ...
... capital Situation of Byzantium Description of CONSTANTINOPLE The Bosphorus The port of Constantinople The Propontis The Hellespont Advantages of Constantinople Foundation of the city Its extent Progress of the work Edifices Population ...
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... fortune in a villa a few miles distant from the capital . The gloomy passions of his soul , shame , vexation , and rage , were inflamed by envy on the XIV . news of Constantine's success ; but the hopes 12 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... fortune in a villa a few miles distant from the capital . The gloomy passions of his soul , shame , vexation , and rage , were inflamed by envy on the XIV . news of Constantine's success ; but the hopes 12 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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... capital . But the extent of a city serves only to render it more accessible to the enemy ; Rome had long since been accustomed to submit on the approach of a con- queror ; nor could the temporary enthusiasm of the people have long ...
... capital . But the extent of a city serves only to render it more accessible to the enemy ; Rome had long since been accustomed to submit on the approach of a con- queror ; nor could the temporary enthusiasm of the people have long ...
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... capital was no less deserving of compassion than that of Africa . The wealth of Rome supplied an inexhaustible fund for his vain and prodigal expenses , and the ministers of his revenue were skilled in the arts of rapine . It was under ...
... capital was no less deserving of compassion than that of Africa . The wealth of Rome supplied an inexhaustible fund for his vain and prodigal expenses , and the ministers of his revenue were skilled in the arts of rapine . It was under ...
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... capital . Rome , which had so long regretted the absence , la- mented , during the six years of his reign , the presence of her sovereign . " Civil war between entius . Though Constantine might view the conduct of Constantine Maxentius ...
... capital . Rome , which had so long regretted the absence , la- mented , during the six years of his reign , the presence of her sovereign . " Civil war between entius . Though Constantine might view the conduct of Constantine Maxentius ...
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