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... Ammianus , p . 710. , and who in general copied very good materials : and it is confirmed by Julius Firmicus ( de Astrologia , 1. i . c . 4. ) , who flourished under the reign of Constantine himself . Some objections have been raised ...
... Ammianus , p . 710. , and who in general copied very good materials : and it is confirmed by Julius Firmicus ( de Astrologia , 1. i . c . 4. ) , who flourished under the reign of Constantine himself . Some objections have been raised ...
Side 11
... Ammianus Marcellinus , p . 711. These fragments have fur- nished us with several curious , and , as it should seem , authentic anecdotes . * Compare Manso , Beylage , iv . p . 302. Gibbon's account is at least as probable as that of his ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus , p . 711. These fragments have fur- nished us with several curious , and , as it should seem , authentic anecdotes . * Compare Manso , Beylage , iv . p . 302. Gibbon's account is at least as probable as that of his ...
Side 205
... Ammianus ( 1. xxx . c . 4. ) , in which he paints the manners of contem- porary lawyers , affords a strange mixture of sound sense , false rhetoric , and extravagant satire . Go- defroy ( Prolegom . ad Cod . Theod . c . i . p . 185 ...
... Ammianus ( 1. xxx . c . 4. ) , in which he paints the manners of contem- porary lawyers , affords a strange mixture of sound sense , false rhetoric , and extravagant satire . Go- defroy ( Prolegom . ad Cod . Theod . c . i . p . 185 ...
Side 210
... Ammianus makes a distinction between the effeminate Italians and the hardy Gauls . ( L. xv . c . 12. ) Yet only fifteen years afterwards , Valentinian , in a law addressed to the præfect of Gaul , is obliged to enact that these cowardly ...
... Ammianus makes a distinction between the effeminate Italians and the hardy Gauls . ( L. xv . c . 12. ) Yet only fifteen years afterwards , Valentinian , in a law addressed to the præfect of Gaul , is obliged to enact that these cowardly ...
Side 216
... Ammianus Marcellinus , who served so many years , obtained only the rank of a protector . The first ten among these honourable soldiers were Clarissimi . ( 160 ) Xenophon , Cyropæd . 1. viii . Brisson , de Regno Persico , 1. i . No. 190 ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus , who served so many years , obtained only the rank of a protector . The first ten among these honourable soldiers were Clarissimi . ( 160 ) Xenophon , Cyropæd . 1. viii . Brisson , de Regno Persico , 1. i . No. 190 ...
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