The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... reign of about twenty years ( 7 ) . But within less than eighteen months , two unexpected revolu- Galerius tions overturned the ambitious schemes of Galerius . The hopes of disappointed by two , uniting the western provinces to his ...
... reign of about twenty years ( 7 ) . But within less than eighteen months , two unexpected revolu- Galerius tions overturned the ambitious schemes of Galerius . The hopes of disappointed by two , uniting the western provinces to his ...
Side 6
... reign of Constantius . He of ended his life in the Imperial palace of York , fifteen months after he had received the title of Augustus , and almost fourteen years and a half after he had been promoted to the rank of Cæsar . His death ...
... reign of Constantius . He of ended his life in the Imperial palace of York , fifteen months after he had received the title of Augustus , and almost fourteen years and a half after he had been promoted to the rank of Cæsar . His death ...
Side 14
... reign A. D. 309. or to perish . An incursion of the Franks had summoned Constan- ( 31 ) See Panegyr . Vet . vi . 9. Audi doloris nostri liberam vocem , & c . The whole passage is imagined with artful flattery , and expressed with an ...
... reign A. D. 309. or to perish . An incursion of the Franks had summoned Constan- ( 31 ) See Panegyr . Vet . vi . 9. Audi doloris nostri liberam vocem , & c . The whole passage is imagined with artful flattery , and expressed with an ...
Side 17
... reign , Constantine visited the city of Autun , and ge- nerously remitted the arrears of tribute , reducing at the same time the proportion of their assessment , from twenty - five to eighteen thousand heads , subject to the real and ...
... reign , Constantine visited the city of Autun , and ge- nerously remitted the arrears of tribute , reducing at the same time the proportion of their assessment , from twenty - five to eighteen thousand heads , subject to the real and ...
Side 18
... reign that the method of exacting a free gift from the senators was first invented ; and as the sum was insensibly increased , the pretences of levying it , a vic- tory , a birth , a marriage , or an Imperial consulship , were propor ...
... reign that the method of exacting a free gift from the senators was first invented ; and as the sum was insensibly increased , the pretences of levying it , a vic- tory , a birth , a marriage , or an Imperial consulship , were propor ...
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