The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 1
... interest invariably pursued by four independent princes . The abdication of Diodetian and Maximian was succeeded by eighteen years of discord and confusion . The empire was afflicted by five civil wars ; and the remainder of the time ...
... interest invariably pursued by four independent princes . The abdication of Diodetian and Maximian was succeeded by eighteen years of discord and confusion . The empire was afflicted by five civil wars ; and the remainder of the time ...
Side 3
... interest or inclination of the princes of the West . Each of them had a son who was arrived at the age of manhood , and who might have been deemed the most natural candidates for the vacant honour . But the impotent resentment of ...
... interest or inclination of the princes of the West . Each of them had a son who was arrived at the age of manhood , and who might have been deemed the most natural candidates for the vacant honour . But the impotent resentment of ...
Side 8
... interest was quickened by that of national honour . The conquest of Macedonia , as we have already observed , had delivered the Roman people from the weight of personal taxes . Though they had experienced every form of despotism , they ...
... interest was quickened by that of national honour . The conquest of Macedonia , as we have already observed , had delivered the Roman people from the weight of personal taxes . Though they had experienced every form of despotism , they ...
Side 11
... interest were the daughter same ; and prudence seemed to require that they should unite their Fausta , and forces against the common enemy . Notwithstanding the superiority Augustus , to of his age and dignity , the indefatigable ...
... interest were the daughter same ; and prudence seemed to require that they should unite their Fausta , and forces against the common enemy . Notwithstanding the superiority Augustus , to of his age and dignity , the indefatigable ...
Side 14
... interest , and the memory of a recent war , divided the empire into two great hostile powers ; but their mutual fears produced an apparent tran- quillity , and even a feigned reconciliation , till the death of the elder princes , of ...
... interest , and the memory of a recent war , divided the empire into two great hostile powers ; but their mutual fears produced an apparent tran- quillity , and even a feigned reconciliation , till the death of the elder princes , of ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1827 |
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