The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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... sovereign 2. v The obscurity which covered the origin of Claudius, though it was afterwards embellished by some flattering fictionsfi sufficiently betrays the meanness of his birth. We can only discover C. and elevation of the emperor ...
... sovereign 2. v The obscurity which covered the origin of Claudius, though it was afterwards embellished by some flattering fictionsfi sufficiently betrays the meanness of his birth. We can only discover C. and elevation of the emperor ...
Side 5
... sovereign, \nor is it easy to conceal a just contempt. Some unguarded expreffions which dropt from Claudius, were officially tranfmitted to the royal ear. . The emperor's answer to an 'officer of confidence, describes in very lively ...
... sovereign, \nor is it easy to conceal a just contempt. Some unguarded expreffions which dropt from Claudius, were officially tranfmitted to the royal ear. . The emperor's answer to an 'officer of confidence, describes in very lively ...
Side 7
... sovereign. They ratified, perhaps with sincere transport of zeal, the election of Claudius; and as his predecessor had shewn himself the personal enemy of their order, they exercised under the name of justice a severe revenge against ...
... sovereign. They ratified, perhaps with sincere transport of zeal, the election of Claudius; and as his predecessor had shewn himself the personal enemy of their order, they exercised under the name of justice a severe revenge against ...
Side 30
... sovereign of a licentious army, whom hedreaded, and by whom he was despised. The valour and fortune of Aurelian at length oPenedJ 43 He ravished the wife ofAttitian-us, an actuary, or army agents' Hist. August. p. x86. Aurel. Victor in ...
... sovereign of a licentious army, whom hedreaded, and by whom he was despised. The valour and fortune of Aurelian at length oPenedJ 43 He ravished the wife ofAttitian-us, an actuary, or army agents' Hist. August. p. x86. Aurel. Victor in ...
Side 34
... sovereigns than their invincible chiefs. The senate and people of Rome revered a stranger who had avenged their captive emperor, and even the insensible son of Valerian accepted Odenathus for his legitimate colleague. After a successful ...
... sovereigns than their invincible chiefs. The senate and people of Rome revered a stranger who had avenged their captive emperor, and even the insensible son of Valerian accepted Odenathus for his legitimate colleague. After a successful ...
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