The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus: During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and ValensG. Bell & Sons, 1902 - 646 sider |
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... Antioch , and a soldier ; being one of the prefectores domestici - the body- guard of the emperor , into which none but men of noble birth were admitted . He was on the staff of Ursicinus , whom he attended in several of his expeditions ...
... Antioch , and a soldier ; being one of the prefectores domestici - the body- guard of the emperor , into which none but men of noble birth were admitted . He was on the staff of Ursicinus , whom he attended in several of his expeditions ...
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... Antioch , to collect reports , and to bring news of whatever they might hear . They , travelling about , and concealing their object , joined clandestinely in the conversational circles of honourable men , and also in disguise obtained ...
... Antioch , to collect reports , and to bring news of whatever they might hear . They , travelling about , and concealing their object , joined clandestinely in the conversational circles of honourable men , and also in disguise obtained ...
Side 21
... Antioch to be put to death ; being exasperated because when he recommended that a low price should be established in the market at an unsea- sonable time , when the city was threatened with a scarcity , they answered him with objections ...
... Antioch to be put to death ; being exasperated because when he recommended that a low price should be established in the market at an unsea- sonable time , when the city was threatened with a scarcity , they answered him with objections ...
Side 22
... Antioch . entreated him in a suppliant manner to remove their fear of a famine which for many reasons ( some of them difficult to explain ) it was believed was impending : Gallus , how- ever , did not , as is the custom of princes whose ...
... Antioch . entreated him in a suppliant manner to remove their fear of a famine which for many reasons ( some of them difficult to explain ) it was believed was impending : Gallus , how- ever , did not , as is the custom of princes whose ...
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... Antioch , having travelled express , he passed by the gates of the palace , in contempt of the Cæsar , whom , however , he ought to have visited , and proceeded to the general's camp with ostentatious pomp , and there pretended to be ...
... Antioch , having travelled express , he passed by the gates of the palace , in contempt of the Cæsar , whom , however , he ought to have visited , and proceeded to the general's camp with ostentatious pomp , and there pretended to be ...
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