The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 1
... hand confusion . of the founder . It required such a fortunate mixture of different tempers and abilities , as could scarcely be found or even expected a second time ; two emperors without jealousy , two Cæsars without ambition , and ...
... hand confusion . of the founder . It required such a fortunate mixture of different tempers and abilities , as could scarcely be found or even expected a second time ; two emperors without jealousy , two Cæsars without ambition , and ...
Side 3
... hands of Maximian , the Cæsarian ornaments , and the possession of Italy and Africa ( 6 ) . According to the forms of the constitution , Severus acknowledged the supremacy of the western emperor ; but ( 5 ) Sublatus nuper a pecoribus et ...
... hands of Maximian , the Cæsarian ornaments , and the possession of Italy and Africa ( 6 ) . According to the forms of the constitution , Severus acknowledged the supremacy of the western emperor ; but ( 5 ) Sublatus nuper a pecoribus et ...
Side 6
... in the presence of Constantine , that he put spurs to his horse , and tried , but in vain , to escape from the hands of his soldiers . acknowled Galerius , title of that of tions of Galerius THE DECLINE AND FALL [ CHAP . XIV .
... in the presence of Constantine , that he put spurs to his horse , and tried , but in vain , to escape from the hands of his soldiers . acknowled Galerius , title of that of tions of Galerius THE DECLINE AND FALL [ CHAP . XIV .
Side 8
... hands . About that time the avarice of Galerius , or perhaps the exigencies of the state , had induced him to make a very strict and rigorous inquisition into the property of his subjects , for the purpose of a general taxation , both ...
... hands . About that time the avarice of Galerius , or perhaps the exigencies of the state , had induced him to make a very strict and rigorous inquisition into the property of his subjects , for the purpose of a general taxation , both ...
Side 12
... hands are ready to work " the engines : nor shall we hesitate , should the name of the de- " voted city be Rome itself . " These are indeed the expressions of a poet ; but of a poet who has been distinguished , and even cen- sured , for ...
... hands are ready to work " the engines : nor shall we hesitate , should the name of the de- " voted city be Rome itself . " These are indeed the expressions of a poet ; but of a poet who has been distinguished , and even cen- sured , for ...
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