The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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... such arts Gallienus softened the indignation, and dispelled the fears, of his Illyrian 'general z and, during the remainder of that reign, the formidable sword os Claudius was 'always drawn in the cause of a master Whom he despised£ At ...
... such arts Gallienus softened the indignation, and dispelled the fears, of his Illyrian 'general z and, during the remainder of that reign, the formidable sword os Claudius was 'always drawn in the cause of a master Whom he despised£ At ...
Side 7
... such proposals should have been made to Gal" lienus; he, perhaps, might have listened to a them with patience, and accepted a colleague ® as despicable as himsels'." This stern refusal, and a vlast unsuccessful effort, obliged Aureolus ...
... such proposals should have been made to Gal" lienus; he, perhaps, might have listened to a them with patience, and accepted a colleague ® as despicable as himsels'." This stern refusal, and a vlast unsuccessful effort, obliged Aureolus ...
Side 8
Edward Gibbon. C H A P. XI. w Clemency and justice of Claudius. Such ostentatious clemency discovers less of the real character of Claudius, than a trifling circumstance in which he seems to have consulted only the dictates of his heart ...
Edward Gibbon. C H A P. XI. w Clemency and justice of Claudius. Such ostentatious clemency discovers less of the real character of Claudius, than a trifling circumstance in which he seems to have consulted only the dictates of his heart ...
Side 18
... such examples i'mpressed a salutary consternation. The punishments of Aurelian were terrible ; but he had selJdom occafion to punish more than once the same offence. His own conduct gave a sanction to his. laws, and the seditious ...
... such examples i'mpressed a salutary consternation. The punishments of Aurelian were terrible ; but he had selJdom occafion to punish more than once the same offence. His own conduct gave a sanction to his. laws, and the seditious ...
Side 19
... such religious fidelity, that when a party of five hundred men straggled from the camp in quest of plunder, the king or general of the barbarians commanded that the . guilty leader should be apprehended and shot to death with darts, as ...
... such religious fidelity, that when a party of five hundred men straggled from the camp in quest of plunder, the king or general of the barbarians commanded that the . guilty leader should be apprehended and shot to death with darts, as ...
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