The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 3
... severe sentence . But the authorship of the treatise is by no means certain . The fame of Lactantius for eloquence as well as for truth , would suffer nc loss if it should be adjudged to some more " obscure rhetorician . " Manso , in ...
... severe sentence . But the authorship of the treatise is by no means certain . The fame of Lactantius for eloquence as well as for truth , would suffer nc loss if it should be adjudged to some more " obscure rhetorician . " Manso , in ...
Side 14
... severity of the old emperor , espoused the party of Maxentius ( 32 ) . The life and free- dom of Maximian were however respected , and he retired from Italy into Illyricum , affecting to lament his past conduct , and se- cretly ...
... severity of the old emperor , espoused the party of Maxentius ( 32 ) . The life and free- dom of Maximian were however respected , and he retired from Italy into Illyricum , affecting to lament his past conduct , and se- cretly ...
Side 22
... severe contest awaited him . Battle of A numerous army of Italians was assembled under the lieutenants of Maxentius , in the plains of Turin . Its principal strength con- sisted in a species of heavy cavalry , which the Romans , since ...
... severe contest awaited him . Battle of A numerous army of Italians was assembled under the lieutenants of Maxentius , in the plains of Turin . Its principal strength con- sisted in a species of heavy cavalry , which the Romans , since ...
Side 37
... severe , and even cruel , in the enacting of them . It is scarcely possible to observe a more decisive symptom of weakness , either in the character of the prince , or in the constitution of the government ( 97 ) . war . A. D. 322 . The ...
... severe , and even cruel , in the enacting of them . It is scarcely possible to observe a more decisive symptom of weakness , either in the character of the prince , or in the constitution of the government ( 97 ) . war . A. D. 322 . The ...
Side 38
... severe revenge , condescended to give peace to the suppliant Goths , on condition that , as often as they were required , they should supply his armies with a body of forty thousand soldiers ( 101 ) . Exploits like these were no doubt ...
... severe revenge , condescended to give peace to the suppliant Goths , on condition that , as often as they were required , they should supply his armies with a body of forty thousand soldiers ( 101 ) . Exploits like these were no doubt ...
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