 | Edward Gibbon - 1807 - 492 sider
...travellers. The fortifications of Europe and Afia were reftored and multiplied by the care of Juftinian. From Belgrade to the Euxine ; from the conflux of...Save to the mouth of the Danube, a chain of above fourfcore fortified places was extended along the banks of the great river. A ftrong fortrefs defended... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 sider
...repetition of those timid and fruitless precautions exposes to a philosophic eye the debility of the empire. From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the...citadels ; vacant walls, which the engineers contracted CHAP. or enlarged according to the nature of the ground, xxxm . were filled with colonies or garrisons... | |
 | David Porter - 1835 - 350 sider
...the Danube, to the Euxine, a chain of eighty fortified places was extended along the banks of that great river. Single watch-towers were changed into...the engineers contracted or enlarged, according to circumstances, were filled with garrisons. The village of his birth became a great city, which extended... | |
 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 sider
...empire over which he presided ; for the fortifications of Europe and Asia were multiplied by Justinian from Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the Save to the mouth of the Danube ; a chain of aljove fourscore fortified places was extended along the banks of the great river, and many military... | |
 | William Beattie - 1844 - 570 sider
...thee a second time in the field of battle." — Vol. xi. 443-4. NORTHERN HORDES.— Page 2-27. Note 2. From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the...filled with colonies or garrisons ; a strong fortress [Sozoreny, text, p. 2-21] defended Trajan's Bridge, and several military stations affected to spread... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1857 - 720 sider
...of those timid and fruitless precautions exposes, to a philosophic eye, the debility of the empire. From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the...places was extended along the banks of the great river. The progress of the barbarians was sometimes retarded, and their hopes of rapine were disappointed,... | |
 | Thomas Forester - 1857 - 284 sider
...his treasures on these and other public buildings, of which Procopius has left us a minute account. From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the...of above fourscore fortified places was extended; and Constantino, is included in the list given by Procopius * of the castles erected or strengthened... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1862 - 724 sider
...precautions exposes, to a philosophic eye, the debility of the empire. From Belgrade to the Euxinc, from the conflux of the Save to the mouth of the Danube,...places was extended along the banks of the great river. The progress of the barbarians was sometimes retarded, and their hopes of rapine were disappointed,... | |
 | James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 sider
...of those timid and fruitless precautions exposes, to a philosophic eye, the debility of the empire. From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the...strong fortress defended the ruins of Trajan's bridge, and several military stations affected to spread beyond the Danube the pride of the Roman name. Six... | |
 | Blanqui (M., Adolphe-Jérôme) - 1880 - 660 sider
...completion, and in the hope that they will survive it. From Belgrave to the Euxine, and from the confluence of the Save to the mouth of the Danube, a chain of more than eighty fortresses rises to protect the banks of the great river; one would say that Rome... | |
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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,... 
