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... obtaining the honours , of supreme power . " P His panegyrist Eumenius ( vii . 8. ) ventures to affirm , in the presence of Constantine , that he put spurs to his horse , and tried , but in vain , to escape from the hands of his ...
... obtaining the honours , of supreme power . " P His panegyrist Eumenius ( vii . 8. ) ventures to affirm , in the presence of Constantine , that he put spurs to his horse , and tried , but in vain , to escape from the hands of his ...
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... obtain only an easy death and an imperial funeral . When the sentence was signified to him , the manner A.D. 307 . of executing it was left to his own choice ; he pre- ferred the favourite mode of the ancients , that of opening his ...
... obtain only an easy death and an imperial funeral . When the sentence was signified to him , the manner A.D. 307 . of executing it was left to his own choice ; he pre- ferred the favourite mode of the ancients , that of opening his ...
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... obtain much more from his liberality than he could hope from the doubtful chance of war . " The offers of Galerius were rejected with firmness , his perfidious friendship refused with contempt , and it was not long before he discovered ...
... obtain much more from his liberality than he could hope from the doubtful chance of war . " The offers of Galerius were rejected with firmness , his perfidious friendship refused with contempt , and it was not long before he discovered ...
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... obtained only the same favour which he had in- dulged to Severus , and it was published to the world , that , oppressed by the remorse of his repeated crimes , he strangled himself with his own hands . After he had lost the assistance ...
... obtained only the same favour which he had in- dulged to Severus , and it was published to the world , that , oppressed by the remorse of his repeated crimes , he strangled himself with his own hands . After he had lost the assistance ...
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... obtain the esteem , of the army . Yet his pride was equal to his other vices . Whilst he passed his indolent life , either within the walls of his palace , or in the neighbouring gardens of Sallust , he was repeatedly heard to declare ...
... obtain the esteem , of the army . Yet his pride was equal to his other vices . Whilst he passed his indolent life , either within the walls of his palace , or in the neighbouring gardens of Sallust , he was repeatedly heard to declare ...
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