The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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Side 7
... less ardent in the cause os their new 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 ...
... less ardent in the cause os their new 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 ...
Side 8
... less of the real character of Claudius, than a trifling circumstance in which he seems to have consulted only the dictates of his heart. The frequent rebellionsof the provinccs had involved almost every person in the guilt of treason ...
... less of the real character of Claudius, than a trifling circumstance in which he seems to have consulted only the dictates of his heart. The frequent rebellionsof the provinccs had involved almost every person in the guilt of treason ...
Side 15
... less to deduce the various fortunes of his private life.v "We shall only observe, that the father of Aure. Iian was a peasant of the territory- of Sirmium, who occupied a small farm, the property of Au-.. relius, a rich senator. His ...
... less to deduce the various fortunes of his private life.v "We shall only observe, that the father of Aure. Iian was a peasant of the territory- of Sirmium, who occupied a small farm, the property of Au-.. relius, a rich senator. His ...
Side 24
... less carefully guarded; and with incredible diligence, but by a different road, returned to. wards the mountains of Italy 3', Aurelian, who considered the war as totally extinguished, received the mortifying intelligence of the escape ...
... less carefully guarded; and with incredible diligence, but by a different road, returned to. wards the mountains of Italy 3', Aurelian, who considered the war as totally extinguished, received the mortifying intelligence of the escape ...
Side 29
... less worthy cause. The shining ac. oomplishments 47 of that prince were stained by a \ C H-A P. w Succeffion of usurpers in Gaul. CHAP. XI L-'lvhl - those dependent emperors. l The reign. 46 His competitor was Lollianus, or IElianus ...
... less worthy cause. The shining ac. oomplishments 47 of that prince were stained by a \ C H-A P. w Succeffion of usurpers in Gaul. CHAP. XI L-'lvhl - those dependent emperors. l The reign. 46 His competitor was Lollianus, or IElianus ...
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