The Historians' History of the World: The early Roman empireHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... senate . The empire was to be elec- tive , as the old Roman monarchy had been ; the nomination to the throne was to proceed from the senate , but on the other hand the supreme command of the army and fleet was vested in the emperor 6 ...
... senate . The empire was to be elec- tive , as the old Roman monarchy had been ; the nomination to the throne was to proceed from the senate , but on the other hand the supreme command of the army and fleet was vested in the emperor 6 ...
Side 7
... senate insured it a fair share in the government only so long as the sovereign chose to respect them . The reign of terror under his successors sufficed to set in the most glaring light the absolute impotence of the senate when opposed ...
... senate insured it a fair share in the government only so long as the sovereign chose to respect them . The reign of terror under his successors sufficed to set in the most glaring light the absolute impotence of the senate when opposed ...
Side 48
... senate by the victorious general himself with the subsidiary aid of a commission of ten senators appointed by the senate for this object . The fundamental law of the province thus established ( lex provinciæ ) determined the character ...
... senate by the victorious general himself with the subsidiary aid of a commission of ten senators appointed by the senate for this object . The fundamental law of the province thus established ( lex provinciæ ) determined the character ...
Side 49
... senator . All young knights were not bound to serve , but every man who was ambitious of public career had to fulfil the ... senate of all means of influencing the army , also took from the people their practically obsolete privilege of ...
... senator . All young knights were not bound to serve , but every man who was ambitious of public career had to fulfil the ... senate of all means of influencing the army , also took from the people their practically obsolete privilege of ...
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... senate ordering the doors of Janus to be shut , in that the senate had rarely gone to such lengths . Two centuries had passed since the last occasion in which the temple of Janus was closed . When the First Punic War with all its losses ...
... senate ordering the doors of Janus to be shut , in that the senate had rarely gone to such lengths . Two centuries had passed since the last occasion in which the temple of Janus was closed . When the First Punic War with all its losses ...
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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.