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... guard of 1000 noble Goths , each of whom was attended by five armed followers ( Procop . Vandal . 1. i . c . 8. ) . The Gothic nobility must have been as numerous as brave . ( 29 ) See the acknowledgment of Gothic liberty . ( Var . v ...
... guard of 1000 noble Goths , each of whom was attended by five armed followers ( Procop . Vandal . 1. i . c . 8. ) . The Gothic nobility must have been as numerous as brave . ( 29 ) See the acknowledgment of Gothic liberty . ( Var . v ...
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... guards of the emperor Leo . Under the two suc- ceeding reigns , the fortunate peasant emerged to wealth and honours ; and his escape from some dangers which threatened his life was afterwards ascribed to the guardian angel who watches ...
... guards of the emperor Leo . Under the two suc- ceeding reigns , the fortunate peasant emerged to wealth and honours ; and his escape from some dangers which threatened his life was afterwards ascribed to the guardian angel who watches ...
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... guards , was entrusted for that pur- Elevation and pose in the hands of their commander . But these weighty arguments uncle were treacherously employed by Justin in his own favour ; and as Justin , no competitor presumed to appear , the ...
... guards , was entrusted for that pur- Elevation and pose in the hands of their commander . But these weighty arguments uncle were treacherously employed by Justin in his own favour ; and as Justin , no competitor presumed to appear , the ...
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... guards , a band of vete- rans , whose arms or acclamations might fix in a tumultuous mo- ment the diadem of the East . The treasures of the state were lavished to procure the voices of the senators , and their unanimous wish , that he ...
... guards , a band of vete- rans , whose arms or acclamations might fix in a tumultuous mo- ment the diadem of the East . The treasures of the state were lavished to procure the voices of the senators , and their unanimous wish , that he ...
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... guards were massacred , the prisons were forced open , and freedom was restored to those who could only use it for ( 50 ) This dialogue , which Theophanes has preserved , exhibits the popular language , as well as the manners , of ...
... guards were massacred , the prisons were forced open , and freedom was restored to those who could only use it for ( 50 ) This dialogue , which Theophanes has preserved , exhibits the popular language , as well as the manners , of ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 5 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1862 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 5 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 5 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1862 |
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Side 28 - Philosophy ; a golden volume not unworthy of the leisure of Plato or Tully, but which claims incomparable merit, from the barbarism of the times, and the situation of the author.
Side 357 - Constantine, were consumed, or at least damaged, by the flames; the devout offerings of three hundred years were rifled in one sacrilegious day; the patriarch Zachariah, and the true cross, were transported into Persia; and the massacre of ninety thousand Christians is imputed to the Jews and Arabs who swelled the disorder of the Persian march.
Side 279 - On the death of a citizen all his descendants, unless they were already freed from his paternal power, were called to the inheritance of his possessions. The insolent prerogative of primogeniture was unknown; the two sexes were placed on a just level; all the sons and daughters were entitled to an equal portion of the patrimonial estate...
Side 37 - ... love or adulation might proclaim that painting and poetry were incapable of delineating the matchless excellence of her form. But this form was degraded by the facility with which it was exposed to the public eye, and prostituted to licentious desire. Her venal charms were abandoned to a promiscuous crowd of citizens and strangers, of every rank and of every profession...
Side 268 - A sacrifice of fruits was offered by the pontiffs in the presence of ten witnesses; the contracting parties were seated on the same sheepskin ; they tasted a salt cake of far or rice ; and this confarreation,'" which denoted the ancient food of Italy, served as an emblem of their mystic union of mind and body. But this union on the side of the woman was rigorous and unequal; and she renounced the name and worship of her father's house, to embrace a new servitude decorated only by the title of adoption....
Side 70 - From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the Save to the mouth of the Danube, a chain of above fourscore fortified places was extended along the banks of the great river. Single watch-towers were changed into spacious citadels ; vacant walls, which the engineers contracted or enlarged according to the nature of the ground, were filled with colonies or garrisons ; a strong fortress defended the ruins of Trajan's bridge, and several military stations affected to spread beyond the Danube the...
Side 264 - in the decline of the Roman empire, the proud distinctions of the republic were gradually abolished; and the reason or instinct of Justinian completed the simple form of an absolute monarchy. The emperor could not eradicate the popular reverence which always waits on the possession of hereditary wealth or the memory of famous ancestors.
Side 308 - Some indulgence might be due to the resentment of a daughter, if she had not violated the duties of a wife. Implacable in her enmity, or inconstant in her love, the queen of Italy had stooped from the throne to the arms of a subject, and Helmichis, the king's armour-bearer, was the secret minister of her pleasure and revenge.
Side 215 - After a combat of many hours, his left arm was fatigued by the weight of twelve javelins which hung from his shield. Without moving from his ground or suspending his blows, the hero called aloud on his attendants for a fresh buckler, but, in the moment while his side was uncovered, it was pierced by a mortal dart. He fell : and his head, exalted on a spear, proclaimed to the nations that the Gothic kingdom was no more.
Side 128 - ... and such was his strength and dexterity, that he transfixed the foremost of the barbarian leaders. A shout of applause and victory was re-echoed along the wall. He drew a second arrow, and the stroke was followed with the same success and the same acclamation. The Roman general then gave the word that the archers should aim at the teams of oxen; they were instantly covered with mortal wounds; the towers which they drew remained useless and immovable, and a single moment disconcerted the laborious...