The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 3
... Cæsar , were much better suited to serve the views of his ambi- tion ; and their principal recommendation seems to have consisted in the want of merit or personal consequence . The first of these was Daza , or , as he was afterwards ...
... Cæsar , were much better suited to serve the views of his ambi- tion ; and their principal recommendation seems to have consisted in the want of merit or personal consequence . The first of these was Daza , or , as he was afterwards ...
Side 5
... Cæsar ; but that fortunate event was attended with his mother's di- vorce ; and the splendour of an Imperial alliance reduced the son of Helena to a state of disgrace and humiliation . Instead of following Constantius in the West , he ...
... Cæsar ; but that fortunate event was attended with his mother's di- vorce ; and the splendour of an Imperial alliance reduced the son of Helena to a state of disgrace and humiliation . Instead of following Constantius in the West , he ...
Side 6
... Cæsar . His death was immediately succeeded by the elevation of Constantine . The ideas of inheritance and succession are so very familiar , that the generality of mankind consider them as founded , not only in reason , but in nature ...
... Cæsar . His death was immediately succeeded by the elevation of Constantine . The ideas of inheritance and succession are so very familiar , that the generality of mankind consider them as founded , not only in reason , but in nature ...
Side 7
... Cæsar , and choice of the British army , Galerius accepted the son of his deceased Augustus to colleague , as the sovereign of the provinces beyond the Alps ; but he gave him only the title of Cæsar , and the fourth rank among the Roman ...
... Cæsar , and choice of the British army , Galerius accepted the son of his deceased Augustus to colleague , as the sovereign of the provinces beyond the Alps ; but he gave him only the title of Cæsar , and the fourth rank among the Roman ...
Side 9
... Cæsar , which Constantine had deserved by a dangerous su- periority of merit . The policy of Galerius preferred such associates as would never disgrace the choice , nor dispute the commands , of their benefactor . An obscure stranger ...
... Cæsar , which Constantine had deserved by a dangerous su- periority of merit . The policy of Galerius preferred such associates as would never disgrace the choice , nor dispute the commands , of their benefactor . An obscure stranger ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1827 |
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