The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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Side 9
... thousand, or even 10 Zonaras on this occasion mentions Posthumus ;but the regis. ters of the senatc (HisL August. p. 203.) prove that Tetricus wa' already emperor of the western provinces. CHAP. &un-'w A. D. 26 . The GOtZS invade the ...
... thousand, or even 10 Zonaras on this occasion mentions Posthumus ;but the regis. ters of the senatc (HisL August. p. 203.) prove that Tetricus wa' already emperor of the western provinces. CHAP. &un-'w A. D. 26 . The GOtZS invade the ...
Side 10
... thousand vessels " 3 numbers which, how- i ever incredible they may seem, would have been insufficient to transport their pretended army of three hundred'and twenty thousand barbarians. Whatever might be the real strength of the Goths ...
... thousand vessels " 3 numbers which, how- i ever incredible they may seem, would have been insufficient to transport their pretended army of three hundred'and twenty thousand barbarians. Whatever might be the real strength of the Goths ...
Side 11
... thousand Goths have invaded the Roman ter.F' ritory. If 1 vanquish them, your gratitude 5? will reward my services. Should I fall, re" member that I am the successor of Gallienus. f'xThe whole republic is satigued and exhausted; t' We ...
... thousand Goths have invaded the Roman ter.F' ritory. If 1 vanquish them, your gratitude 5? will reward my services. Should I fall, re" member that I am the successor of Gallienus. f'xThe whole republic is satigued and exhausted; t' We ...
Side 12
... thousand men are reported to have been flain in the battle of Naissus. Several large bodies of barbarians, covering their retreat with a 'moveable fortification of waggons, retired, or rather escaped, from the field of slaughter. II ...
... thousand men are reported to have been flain in the battle of Naissus. Several large bodies of barbarians, covering their retreat with a 'moveable fortification of waggons, retired, or rather escaped, from the field of slaughter. II ...
Side 19
... thousand auxiliaries, . XI' , consisting entirely of cavalry, and stipulated in return" an undisturbed retreat, with a regular market as far as the Danube, provided by the emperor's care, but at their own expence. The treaty was ...
... thousand auxiliaries, . XI' , consisting entirely of cavalry, and stipulated in return" an undisturbed retreat, with a regular market as far as the Danube, provided by the emperor's care, but at their own expence. The treaty was ...
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