The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... success of the Persian war , had elated his haughty mind , which was naturally impatient of a superior , or even of an equal . If it were possible to rely on the partial testimony of an injudicious writer , we might ascribe the ...
... success of the Persian war , had elated his haughty mind , which was naturally impatient of a superior , or even of an equal . If it were possible to rely on the partial testimony of an injudicious writer , we might ascribe the ...
Side 4
... successful revolt of Maxentius . revolutions . # Birth , I. The fame of Constantine has rendered posterity attentive to education , the most minute circumstances of his life and actions . The place Constantine . of his birth , as well ...
... successful revolt of Maxentius . revolutions . # Birth , I. The fame of Constantine has rendered posterity attentive to education , the most minute circumstances of his life and actions . The place Constantine . of his birth , as well ...
Side 9
... success ; but the hopes of Maxentius revived with the public discontent , and he was easily persuaded to unite his personal injury and pretensions with the cause of the Roman people . Two Præ- torian tribunes and a commissary of ...
... success ; but the hopes of Maxentius revived with the public discontent , and he was easily persuaded to unite his personal injury and pretensions with the cause of the Roman people . Two Præ- torian tribunes and a commissary of ...
Side 18
... successful rivals ; but even those writers who have revealed , with the most freedom and pleasure , the faults of Con- stantine , unanimously confess that Maxentius was cruel , rapacious , and profligate ( 42 ) . He had the good fortune ...
... successful rivals ; but even those writers who have revealed , with the most freedom and pleasure , the faults of Con- stantine , unanimously confess that Maxentius was cruel , rapacious , and profligate ( 42 ) . He had the good fortune ...
Side 24
Edward Gibbon. Indolence Maxentius . @ congratulated their master on this important success , they ventured to add some respectful complaints , of such a nature , however , as the most jealous monarchs will listen to without displeasure ...
Edward Gibbon. Indolence Maxentius . @ congratulated their master on this important success , they ventured to add some respectful complaints , of such a nature , however , as the most jealous monarchs will listen to without displeasure ...
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