The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... Constantine , whilst Italy and Africa were lost by the successful revolt of Maxentius . revolutions . # Birth , I. The fame of Constantine has rendered posterity attentive to education , the most minute circumstances of his life and ...
... Constantine , whilst Italy and Africa were lost by the successful revolt of Maxentius . revolutions . # Birth , I. The fame of Constantine has rendered posterity attentive to education , the most minute circumstances of his life and ...
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... Constantine was tall and majestic ; he was dexterous in all his exercises , intrepid in war , affable in peace ; in his whole con- duct , the active spirit of youth was tempered by habitual prudence ; and while his mind was engrossed by ...
... Constantine was tall and majestic ; he was dexterous in all his exercises , intrepid in war , affable in peace ; in his whole con- duct , the active spirit of youth was tempered by habitual prudence ; and while his mind was engrossed by ...
Side 6
... 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 itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles ...
... 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 itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles ...
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... Constantine him only the had left open to him . Without either condemning or ratifying the Cæsar , and choice of the British army , Galerius accepted the son of his deceased Augustus to colleague , as the sovereign of the provinces ...
... Constantine him only the had left open to him . Without either condemning or ratifying the Cæsar , and choice of the British army , Galerius accepted the son of his deceased Augustus to colleague , as the sovereign of the provinces ...
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Edward Gibbon. • gives his the title of Constantine . A. D. 307 . March 31 . Though the characters of Constantine and Maxentius had very Maximian little affinity with each other , their situation and interest were the daughter same ; and ...
Edward Gibbon. • gives his the title of Constantine . A. D. 307 . March 31 . Though the characters of Constantine and Maxentius had very Maximian little affinity with each other , their situation and interest were the daughter same ; and ...
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