The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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... legions, and advanced beyond the Po to encounter his competitor. The corrupted name of Pontirolo ' still preserves the memory of a bridge over the Adda, which, during the action, must have proved an 1' Pan; Aureoli, thirteen miles from ...
... legions, and advanced beyond the Po to encounter his competitor. The corrupted name of Pontirolo ' still preserves the memory of a bridge over the Adda, which, during the action, must have proved an 1' Pan; Aureoli, thirteen miles from ...
Side 9
... legions either in the field of battle or in the cruel abuse of victory. He painted in the most lively colours the exhausted state of the treasury, the desolation of the provinces, the disgrace of the Roman name, and the insolent triumph ...
... legions either in the field of battle or in the cruel abuse of victory. He painted in the most lively colours the exhausted state of the treasury, the desolation of the provinces, the disgrace of the Roman name, and the insolent triumph ...
Side 12
... legions at first gave way, oppressed by numbers, and dismayed by misfortunes. Their ruin was inevitable, had 'not the abilities of their emperor prepared a seasonable relief. A large detachment rising out of the secret and difficult ...
... legions at first gave way, oppressed by numbers, and dismayed by misfortunes. Their ruin was inevitable, had 'not the abilities of their emperor prepared a seasonable relief. A large detachment rising out of the secret and difficult ...
Side 16
... legion, the inspector of the camp, the general, or, as it was then called, the duke, of a frontier; and at length, during the Gothic war, exercised the important office of commander - in chief of the cavalry. In every station he ...
... legion, the inspector of the camp, the general, or, as it was then called, the duke, of a frontier; and at length, during the Gothic war, exercised the important office of commander - in chief of the cavalry. In every station he ...
Side 18
... legions dreaded a chief who had learned to obey, and who was worthy to Command. The death of Claudius had revived the fainting spirit of the Goths. The troops which guarded the passes of Mount Haemus, and the banks of the Danube, had ...
... legions dreaded a chief who had learned to obey, and who was worthy to Command. The death of Claudius had revived the fainting spirit of the Goths. The troops which guarded the passes of Mount Haemus, and the banks of the Danube, had ...
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