The Historians' History of the World: The early Roman empireHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... called upon to accomplish a great civilising mission , and where the ground had been pre- pared for her in very few places by an indigenous civilisation . In the south of Gaul , indeed , the Greek colony of Massilia had for six ...
... called upon to accomplish a great civilising mission , and where the ground had been pre- pared for her in very few places by an indigenous civilisation . In the south of Gaul , indeed , the Greek colony of Massilia had for six ...
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... called jus Latii which Vespasian bestowed upon the whole of Spain as a testimony to the Romanisation of the country , the magis- trates , and after the second century the town - councillors , of such cities as did not enjoy full rights ...
... called jus Latii which Vespasian bestowed upon the whole of Spain as a testimony to the Romanisation of the country , the magis- trates , and after the second century the town - councillors , of such cities as did not enjoy full rights ...
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... called ostraca ) recently made in Egypt have already thrown some light upon the widely extended and complicated administration of the country , and we may hope for further instruction from the land of the Ptolemies , which exercised a ...
... called ostraca ) recently made in Egypt have already thrown some light upon the widely extended and complicated administration of the country , and we may hope for further instruction from the land of the Ptolemies , which exercised a ...
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... called - did not take place until about the middle of the third century . Tertullian may have described too grandiloquently the enormous advance of Christianity throughout the empire ; it is neverthe- less beyond controversy that by the ...
... called - did not take place until about the middle of the third century . Tertullian may have described too grandiloquently the enormous advance of Christianity throughout the empire ; it is neverthe- less beyond controversy that by the ...
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... called Augustan histories or biographies , are our chief sources . After they fail us , Zosimus and Ammianus Marcellinus have the field practically to themselves , gaps in their work being supplied ,. 18 THE HISTORY OF ROME.
... called Augustan histories or biographies , are our chief sources . After they fail us , Zosimus and Ammianus Marcellinus have the field practically to themselves , gaps in their work being supplied ,. 18 THE HISTORY OF ROME.
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The Historians' History of the World: The early Roman empire Henry Smith Williams Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1908 |
The Historians' History of the World: The early Roman empire Henry Smith Williams Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1907 |
The Historians' History of the World: The early Roman empire Henry Smith Williams Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
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Side 306 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom.
Side 662 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
Side 662 - ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE SECOND CENTURY, or the Age of the Antonines.
Side 267 - Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, — no, nor the human race, as I believe, — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
Side 554 - Your lives!" replied the haughty conqueror. They trembled and retired. Yet, before they retired, a short suspension of arms was granted, which allowed some time for a more temperate negotiation.
Side 450 - The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth, united in a single spot, was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantine. But as some decent mixture of prodigy and fable has, in every age, been supposed to reflect a becoming majesty on the origin of great...
Side 564 - Whether fame, or conquest, or riches, were the object of Alaric, he pursued that object with an indefatigable ardour, which could neither be quelled by adversity, nor satiated by success. No sooner had he reached the extreme land of Italy, than he was attracted by the neighbouring prospect of a fair and peaceful island.
Side 452 - The magistrates of the most distant provinces were therefore directed to institute schools, to appoint professors, and, by the hopes of rewards and privileges, to engage in the study and practice of architecture a sufficient number of ingenious youths who had received a liberal...
Side 561 - The private revenge of forty thousand slaves was exercised without pity or remorse ; and the ignominious lashes which they had formerly received were washed away in the blood of the guilty or obnoxious families.
Side 664 - The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire.