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... exercised , and their discipline con- firmed . There appeared the same difference between the leaders , as between the armies . Caprice or flattery had tempted Maxentius with the hopes of conquest ; but these aspiring hopes soon gave ...
... exercised , and their discipline con- firmed . There appeared the same difference between the leaders , as between the armies . Caprice or flattery had tempted Maxentius with the hopes of conquest ; but these aspiring hopes soon gave ...
Side 41
... exercised one of the most important offices of the empire ( 109 ) . Battle of Such were still the resources , and such the abilities , of Licinius , that , after so many successive defeats , he collected in Bithynia a Chrysopolis . new ...
... exercised one of the most important offices of the empire ( 109 ) . Battle of Such were still the resources , and such the abilities , of Licinius , that , after so many successive defeats , he collected in Bithynia a Chrysopolis . new ...
Side 52
... exercised the rights of victory with unusual rigour . The emperor founded , under the name of Ælia Capitolina , a new city on Mount Sion ( 20 ) , to which he gave the privileges of a colony ; and denouncing the severest penalties ...
... exercised the rights of victory with unusual rigour . The emperor founded , under the name of Ælia Capitolina , a new city on Mount Sion ( 20 ) , to which he gave the privileges of a colony ; and denouncing the severest penalties ...
Side 54
... exercised as much compassion towards their idolatrous enemies , as they had ever shown to their friends or countrymen ( 27 ) . Passing from the sectaries of the law to the law itself , they asserted that it was impossible that a ...
... exercised as much compassion towards their idolatrous enemies , as they had ever shown to their friends or countrymen ( 27 ) . Passing from the sectaries of the law to the law itself , they asserted that it was impossible that a ...
Side 56
... exercised with increasing severity , many of its most re- spectable adherents , who were called upon to renounce , were pro- voked to assert their private opinions , to pursue the consequences of their mistaken principles , and openly ...
... exercised with increasing severity , many of its most re- spectable adherents , who were called upon to renounce , were pro- voked to assert their private opinions , to pursue the consequences of their mistaken principles , and openly ...
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