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... Lactantius de Mort . Perecutor . c . 18. Were the particulars of this conference more con- sistent with truth and decency we might still ask , how they came to the knowledge of an obscure rhetorician ? But there are many historians who ...
... Lactantius de Mort . Perecutor . c . 18. Were the particulars of this conference more con- sistent with truth and decency we might still ask , how they came to the knowledge of an obscure rhetorician ? But there are many historians who ...
Side 3
... Lactantius de M.P. c . 19. ) statim Scutarius , con- tinuo Protector , mox Tribunus , postridie Cæsar , accepit Orienten . Aurelius Victor is too liberal in giving him the whole portion of Diocletian . ( 6 ) His diligence and fidelity ...
... Lactantius de M.P. c . 19. ) statim Scutarius , con- tinuo Protector , mox Tribunus , postridie Cæsar , accepit Orienten . Aurelius Victor is too liberal in giving him the whole portion of Diocletian . ( 6 ) His diligence and fidelity ...
Side 4
... Lactantius , de M. P. c . 20 . ( 8 ) This tradition , unknown to the contemporaries of Constantine , was invented in the darkness of monasteries , was embellished by Jeffrey of Monmouth , and the writers of the xiith century , has been ...
... Lactantius , de M. P. c . 20 . ( 8 ) This tradition , unknown to the contemporaries of Constantine , was invented in the darkness of monasteries , was embellished by Jeffrey of Monmouth , and the writers of the xiith century , has been ...
Side 5
... Lactantius de M. P. c . 24. The ormer tells a very foolish story , that Constantine caused all the post - horses which he had used , t be hamstrung . Such a bloody execution , without preventing a pursuit , would have scattered ...
... Lactantius de M. P. c . 24. The ormer tells a very foolish story , that Constantine caused all the post - horses which he had used , t be hamstrung . Such a bloody execution , without preventing a pursuit , would have scattered ...
Side 7
... Lactantius de M. P. c . 25. Eumenius ( vii . 8. ) gives a rhetorical turn to the whole trans- action . ( 18 ) The choice of Constantine , by his dying father , which is warranted by reason , and insinu- ated by Eumenius , seems to be ...
... Lactantius de M. P. c . 25. Eumenius ( vii . 8. ) gives a rhetorical turn to the whole trans- action . ( 18 ) The choice of Constantine , by his dying father , which is warranted by reason , and insinu- ated by Eumenius , seems to be ...
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