The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 3
... rank of Au- gusti , two new Cæsars were required to supply their place , and to complete the system of the Imperial government . Diocletian was sin- cerely desirous of withdrawing himself from the world ; he consi- dered Galerius , who ...
... rank of Au- gusti , two new Cæsars were required to supply their place , and to complete the system of the Imperial government . Diocletian was sin- cerely desirous of withdrawing himself from the world ; he consi- dered Galerius , who ...
Side 5
... rank of Cæsar ; but that fortunate event was attended with his mother's di- vorce ; and the splendour of an Imperial alliance reduced the son of Helena to a state of disgrace and humiliation . Instead of following Constantius in the ...
... rank of Cæsar ; but that fortunate event was attended with his mother's di- vorce ; and the splendour of an Imperial alliance reduced the son of Helena to a state of disgrace and humiliation . Instead of following Constantius in the ...
Side 6
... rank of Cæsar . His death was immediately succeeded by the elevation of Constantine . The ideas of inheritance and succession are so very familiar , that the generality of mankind consider them as founded , not only in reason , but in ...
... rank of Cæsar . His death was immediately succeeded by the elevation of Constantine . The ideas of inheritance and succession are so very familiar , that the generality of mankind consider them as founded , not only in reason , but in ...
Side 7
... rank among the Roman princes , whilst he conferred the vacant place of Augustus on his favourite Severus . The apparent harmony of the empire was still preserved , and Constantine , who already possessed the sub- stance , expected ...
... rank among the Roman princes , whilst he conferred the vacant place of Augustus on his favourite Severus . The apparent harmony of the empire was still preserved , and Constantine , who already possessed the sub- stance , expected ...
Side 8
... rank of the provinces were no longer regarded : * and the officers of the revenue already began to number the Roman people , and to settle the proportion of the new taxes . Even when the spirit of freedom had been utterly extinguished ...
... rank of the provinces were no longer regarded : * and the officers of the revenue already began to number the Roman people , and to settle the proportion of the new taxes . Even when the spirit of freedom had been utterly extinguished ...
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