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Side 24
In the sixth year of his reign , Constantine visited the city of Autun , and
generously remitted the arrears of tribute , reducing at the same time the
proportion of their assessment , from twenty - five to eighteen thousand Admini .
stration of -312 .
In the sixth year of his reign , Constantine visited the city of Autun , and
generously remitted the arrears of tribute , reducing at the same time the
proportion of their assessment , from twenty - five to eighteen thousand Admini .
stration of -312 .
Side 29
Forty thousand Moors and Carthaginians had been raised tions . w Zosimus , 1. ii
. p . 84 , 85. Nazarius in Panegyr . x . 7–13 . * See Panegyr . Vet . ix . 2. Omnibus
fere tuis Comitibus et Ducibus non solum tacite mussantibus , sed etiam aperte ...
Forty thousand Moors and Carthaginians had been raised tions . w Zosimus , 1. ii
. p . 84 , 85. Nazarius in Panegyr . x . 7–13 . * See Panegyr . Vet . ix . 2. Omnibus
fere tuis Comitibus et Ducibus non solum tacite mussantibus , sed etiam aperte ...
Side 30
Even Sicily furnished its proportion of troops ; and the armies of Maxentius
amounted to one hundred and seventy thousand foot , and eighteen thousand
horse . The wealth of Italy supplied the expenses of the war ; and the adjacent
provinces ...
Even Sicily furnished its proportion of troops ; and the armies of Maxentius
amounted to one hundred and seventy thousand foot , and eighteen thousand
horse . The wealth of Italy supplied the expenses of the war ; and the adjacent
provinces ...
Side 43
The emperor of the East commanded a disciplined and veteran army of above
seventy thousand men , and Licinius , who had collected about thirty thousand
Illyrians , was at first oppressed by the superiority of numbers . His military skill ,
and ...
The emperor of the East commanded a disciplined and veteran army of above
seventy thousand men , and Licinius , who had collected about thirty thousand
Illyrians , was at first oppressed by the superiority of numbers . His military skill ,
and ...
Side 49
The emperor of the West had only twenty thousand , and the sovereign of the
East no more than five and thirty thousand , men . The inferiority of numbers was ,
however , compensated by the advantage of the ground . Constantine had taken
...
The emperor of the West had only twenty thousand , and the sovereign of the
East no more than five and thirty thousand , men . The inferiority of numbers was ,
however , compensated by the advantage of the ground . Constantine had taken
...
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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 |