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... seems to have consisted in the want of merit or personal consequence . The first of these was Daza , or , as he was afterwards called , Maximin , whose mother was the sister of Galerius . The unexperienced youth still betrayed by his ...
... seems to have consisted in the want of merit or personal consequence . The first of these was Daza , or , as he was afterwards called , Maximin , whose mother was the sister of Galerius . The unexperienced youth still betrayed by his ...
Side 6
... seems to jus- tify the esteem , or even the hopes , of the people , the joint influence of prejudice and of affection operates with irresistible weight . The flower of the western armies had followed Constantius into Britain , and the ...
... seems to jus- tify the esteem , or even the hopes , of the people , the joint influence of prejudice and of affection operates with irresistible weight . The flower of the western armies had followed Constantius into Britain , and the ...
Side 7
... seems to be confirmed by the most unexcepionable authority , the concurring evidence of Lactantius ( de M. P. c . 24. ) and of Libanius ( Oratio i ) , of Eusebius ( in Vit . Constantin . 1. i . c . 18. 21. ) and of Julian ( Oratio i ...
... seems to be confirmed by the most unexcepionable authority , the concurring evidence of Lactantius ( de M. P. c . 24. ) and of Libanius ( Oratio i ) , of Eusebius ( in Vit . Constantin . 1. i . c . 18. 21. ) and of Julian ( Oratio i ...
Side 11
... seem , authentic anecdotes . * Compare Manso , Beylage , iv . p . 302. Gibbon's account is at least as probable as that of his critic . - M . His retreat . cious tyranny , they freely contributed for CHAP . XIV . ] 11 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... seem , authentic anecdotes . * Compare Manso , Beylage , iv . p . 302. Gibbon's account is at least as probable as that of his critic . - M . His retreat . cious tyranny , they freely contributed for CHAP . XIV . ] 11 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 13
... seems to have engaged both his affection and esteem . Their intimacy had commenced in the happier period perhaps of their youth and obscurity . It had been cemented by the freedom and dangers of a military life ; they had advanced ...
... seems to have engaged both his affection and esteem . Their intimacy had commenced in the happier period perhaps of their youth and obscurity . It had been cemented by the freedom and dangers of a military life ; they had advanced ...
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