The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... favour of the people and soldiers , who had named him as a worthy candidate for the rank of Cæsar , served only to exasperate the jealousy of Gale- rius ; and though prudence might restrain him from exercising any open violence , an ...
... favour of the people and soldiers , who had named him as a worthy candidate for the rank of Cæsar , served only to exasperate the jealousy of Gale- rius ; and though prudence might restrain him from exercising any open violence , an ...
Side 9
... favour the popular en- thusiasm . Maxentius was the son of the emperor Maximian , and he had married the daughter of Galerius . His birth and alliance seemed to offer him the fairest promise of succeeding to the empire ; but his vices ...
... favour the popular en- thusiasm . Maxentius was the son of the emperor Maximian , and he had married the daughter of Galerius . His birth and alliance seemed to offer him the fairest promise of succeeding to the empire ; but his vices ...
Side 10
... favour of Maxentius , and drew after him the most considerable part of the troops , accustomed to obey his commands . Rome , according to the expression of an orator , recalled her armies ; and the unfortunate Severus , destitute of ...
... favour of Maxentius , and drew after him the most considerable part of the troops , accustomed to obey his commands . Rome , according to the expression of an orator , recalled her armies ; and the unfortunate Severus , destitute of ...
Side 15
... favour which he had indulged to Severus , and it was published to the world , that , oppressed by the remorse of his repeated crimes , he had strangled himself with his own hands . After he had lost the assistance , and disdained the ...
... favour which he had indulged to Severus , and it was published to the world , that , oppressed by the remorse of his repeated crimes , he had strangled himself with his own hands . After he had lost the assistance , and disdained the ...
Side 16
... favours , began to collect their forces , with shared Licinius . the intention either of disputing , or of dividing , the dominions which he had left without a master . They were persuaded , how- ever , to desist from the former design ...
... favours , began to collect their forces , with shared Licinius . the intention either of disputing , or of dividing , the dominions which he had left without a master . They were persuaded , how- ever , to desist from the former design ...
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