The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 5Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 3
... palace of Constantinople was ruled by female influence , and agitated by female passions : and Verina , the widow of Leo , claiming his empire as her own , pronounced a sentence of deposition against the worthless and ungrateful servant ...
... palace of Constantinople was ruled by female influence , and agitated by female passions : and Verina , the widow of Leo , claiming his empire as her own , pronounced a sentence of deposition against the worthless and ungrateful servant ...
Side 4
... palace , who survived his elevation above twenty- seven years , and whose character is attested by the acclamation of the people , " Reign as you have lived ( 9 ) ! ” ‡ Whatever fear or affection could bestow , was profusely lavished ...
... palace , who survived his elevation above twenty- seven years , and whose character is attested by the acclamation of the people , " Reign as you have lived ( 9 ) ! ” ‡ Whatever fear or affection could bestow , was profusely lavished ...
Side 11
... palace and of the frontiers was per- ( 26 ) Procopius , Gothic . I. i . c . i . Variarum , ii . Maffei ( Verona Illustrata , P. i . p . 228. ) exaggerates the injustice of the Goths , whom he hated as an Italian noble . The plebeian ...
... palace and of the frontiers was per- ( 26 ) Procopius , Gothic . I. i . c . i . Variarum , ii . Maffei ( Verona Illustrata , P. i . p . 228. ) exaggerates the injustice of the Goths , whom he hated as an Italian noble . The plebeian ...
Side 12
... palace ( vii . 5. ) . The admiration of strangers is represented as the most rational motive to justify these vain expenses , and to stimulate the diligence of the officers to whom those provinces were entrusted . ( 35 ) See the public ...
... palace ( vii . 5. ) . The admiration of strangers is represented as the most rational motive to justify these vain expenses , and to stimulate the diligence of the officers to whom those provinces were entrusted . ( 35 ) See the public ...
Side 15
... palace of Ravenna ( 50 ) . The Gothic sove- reignty was established from Sicily to the Danube , from Sirmium or Belgrade to the Atlantic Ocean ; and the Greeks themselves have acknowledged that Theodoric reigned over the fairest portion ...
... palace of Ravenna ( 50 ) . The Gothic sove- reignty was established from Sicily to the Danube , from Sirmium or Belgrade to the Atlantic Ocean ; and the Greeks themselves have acknowledged that Theodoric reigned over the fairest portion ...
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