The Historians' History of the World: The early Roman empireHenry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 |
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... took the reins of government , not as imperator but as princeps . He did not found a monarchy but a di- archy , as it has been aptly styled , in which the power was to be permanently divided between the emperor and the senate . It was a ...
... took the reins of government , not as imperator but as princeps . He did not found a monarchy but a di- archy , as it has been aptly styled , in which the power was to be permanently divided between the emperor and the senate . It was a ...
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... took possession of the capital at these woeful tidings , and the military activity aroused throughout all Italy , sufficiently prove that Rome did not underestimate the danger that menaced her from the East . Discharged veterans were ...
... took possession of the capital at these woeful tidings , and the military activity aroused throughout all Italy , sufficiently prove that Rome did not underestimate the danger that menaced her from the East . Discharged veterans were ...
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... took for her own the most glorious works of foreign art , the creations of a nobler age and race . ' The requisitions and imposts were not small , the land tax and property tax , the poll tax and other subsidies , levied from the ...
... took for her own the most glorious works of foreign art , the creations of a nobler age and race . ' The requisitions and imposts were not small , the land tax and property tax , the poll tax and other subsidies , levied from the ...
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... took up their abode in the large provin- cial cities for this purpose . Consequently , great as were the riches which poured into the metropolis every year from all quarters under heaven , there [ 30 B.C. - 14 A.D. ] was no well THE ...
... took up their abode in the large provin- cial cities for this purpose . Consequently , great as were the riches which poured into the metropolis every year from all quarters under heaven , there [ 30 B.C. - 14 A.D. ] was no well THE ...
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... took it upon itself to defray the cost of the public entertainments ; candidates for the tribunate had often to be put forward by the emperor . The citizens were not ashamed to enrol themselves in the list of paupers and to share in the ...
... took it upon itself to defray the cost of the public entertainments ; candidates for the tribunate had often to be put forward by the emperor . The citizens were not ashamed to enrol themselves in the list of paupers and to share in the ...
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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.