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But this celebrated passage may be referred with as much propriety to the
accession as to the nativity of Constantine . 2. Some of the modern Greeks have
ascribed the honour of his birth to Drepanum , a town on the gulf of Nicomedia ...
But this celebrated passage may be referred with as much propriety to the
accession as to the nativity of Constantine . 2. Some of the modern Greeks have
ascribed the honour of his birth to Drepanum , a town on the gulf of Nicomedia ...
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... with him his daughter Fausta as the pledge of the new alliance . The marriage
was celebrated at Arles with every circumstance of magnificence ; and the
ancient colleague of Diocletian , who again asserted his claim to the western
empire ...
... with him his daughter Fausta as the pledge of the new alliance . The marriage
was celebrated at Arles with every circumstance of magnificence ; and the
ancient colleague of Diocletian , who again asserted his claim to the western
empire ...
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CHAP . subjects , his sufferings , instead of exciting their compassion , have been
celebrated as the visible effects of divine justice . ' He had no sooner expired in
his shared be- palace of Nicomedia , than the two emperors who were indebted ...
CHAP . subjects , his sufferings , instead of exciting their compassion , have been
celebrated as the visible effects of divine justice . ' He had no sooner expired in
his shared be- palace of Nicomedia , than the two emperors who were indebted ...
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So signal a victory was celebrated by a magnificent triumph , and Maxentius
exposed to the eyes of the people the spoils and captives of a Roman province .
The state of the capital was no less deserving of compassion than that of Africa .
So signal a victory was celebrated by a magnificent triumph , and Maxentius
exposed to the eyes of the people the spoils and captives of a Roman province .
The state of the capital was no less deserving of compassion than that of Africa .
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89 ) mentions this fact as an historian , and it is very pompously celebrated in the
ninth Panegyric . * Ex omnibus provinciis optimates viros Curiæ tuæ pigneraveris
; ut Senatûs dignitas ... ex totius Orbis flore consisteret . Nazarius in Panegyr .
89 ) mentions this fact as an historian , and it is very pompously celebrated in the
ninth Panegyric . * Ex omnibus provinciis optimates viros Curiæ tuæ pigneraveris
; ut Senatûs dignitas ... ex totius Orbis flore consisteret . Nazarius in Panegyr .
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Utgiver | Ballantyne, 1828 |
| Original fra | The British Library |
| Digitalisert | 12. jun 2018 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |