The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 3
... Imperial government . Diocletian was sin- cerely desirous of withdrawing himself from the world ; he consi- dered Galerius , who had married his daughter , as the firmest sup- port of his family and of the empire ; and he consented ...
... Imperial government . Diocletian was sin- cerely desirous of withdrawing himself from the world ; he consi- dered Galerius , who had married his daughter , as the firmest sup- port of his family and of the empire ; and he consented ...
Side 5
... Imperial alliance reduced the son of Helena to a state of disgrace and humiliation . Instead of following Constantius in the West , he remained in the service of Diocletian , signalised his valour in the wars of Egypt and Persia , and ...
... Imperial alliance reduced the son of Helena to a state of disgrace and humiliation . Instead of following Constantius in the West , he remained in the service of Diocletian , signalised his valour in the wars of Egypt and Persia , and ...
Side 7
... Imperial descent might Constantine . have solicited a preference over the meaner extraction of the son of Helena . But Constantine was in the thirty - second year of his age , in the full vigour both of mind and body , at the time when ...
... Imperial descent might Constantine . have solicited a preference over the meaner extraction of the son of Helena . But Constantine was in the thirty - second year of his age , in the full vigour both of mind and body , at the time when ...
Side 13
... Imperial dignity , he seems to have conceived the design of raising his companion to the same rank with himself . During the short period of his prosperity , he considered the rank of Cæsar as unworthy of the age and merit of Licinius ...
... Imperial dignity , he seems to have conceived the design of raising his companion to the same rank with himself . During the short period of his prosperity , he considered the rank of Cæsar as unworthy of the age and merit of Licinius ...
Side 14
... Imperial purple a second time ( 34 ) , pro- fessing himself at length convinced of the vanity of greatness and ambition . Had he persevered in this resolution , he might have ended his life with less dignity , indeed , than in his first ...
... Imperial purple a second time ( 34 ) , pro- fessing himself at length convinced of the vanity of greatness and ambition . Had he persevered in this resolution , he might have ended his life with less dignity , indeed , than in his first ...
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