The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 5
... execution , without preventing a pursuit , would have scattered suspicion , and might have stopped his journey . * ( 14 ) Anonym . p . 710. Panegyr . Veter . vii . 4 . Constant . 1. i . c . 21. , and Lactantius de M. P. c . 24 . father ...
... execution , without preventing a pursuit , would have scattered suspicion , and might have stopped his journey . * ( 14 ) Anonym . p . 710. Panegyr . Veter . vii . 4 . Constant . 1. i . c . 21. , and Lactantius de M. P. c . 24 . father ...
Side 16
... execution of some works of public utility , among which we may distinguish the discharging into the Danube the superfluous waters of the lake Pelso , and the cutting down the immense forests that encompassed it ; an operation worthy of ...
... execution of some works of public utility , among which we may distinguish the discharging into the Danube the superfluous waters of the lake Pelso , and the cutting down the immense forests that encompassed it ; an operation worthy of ...
Side 23
... execute without confusion in a mo- ment of danger , commonly prove decisive : but as this engagement began towards the close of the day , and was contested with great obstinacy during the whole night , there was less room for the con ...
... execute without confusion in a mo- ment of danger , commonly prove decisive : but as this engagement began towards the close of the day , and was contested with great obstinacy during the whole night , there was less room for the con ...
Side 27
... executed in the rudest and most unskilful manner ( 74 ) . The final abolition of the Prætorian guards was a measure of and conduct prudence as well as of revenge . Those haughty troops , whose at Rome . numbers and privileges had been ...
... executed in the rudest and most unskilful manner ( 74 ) . The final abolition of the Prætorian guards was a measure of and conduct prudence as well as of revenge . Those haughty troops , whose at Rome . numbers and privileges had been ...
Side 30
... execution of Candidianus was an act of the blackest cruelty and ingratitude , He was the natural son of Galerius , the friend and benefactor of Licinius . The prudent father had judged him too young to sustain the weight of a diadem ...
... execution of Candidianus was an act of the blackest cruelty and ingratitude , He was the natural son of Galerius , the friend and benefactor of Licinius . The prudent father had judged him too young to sustain the weight of a diadem ...
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