The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 76
Side 5
... Bosphorus , as it begins to open into the Propontis , paffes between Byzantium and Chalcedon . The latter of CHA XVI CHAP . thofe cities was built by the Greeks , A 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 5 Description of CONSTANTINOPLE The Bofphorus.
... Bosphorus , as it begins to open into the Propontis , paffes between Byzantium and Chalcedon . The latter of CHA XVI CHAP . thofe cities was built by the Greeks , A 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 5 Description of CONSTANTINOPLE The Bofphorus.
Side 6
Edward Gibbon. CHAP . thofe cities was built by the Greeks , a few years XVII before the former ; and the blindness of its foun- ders , who overlooked the fuperior advantages of the oppofite coaft , has been ftigmatized by a pro- verbial ...
Edward Gibbon. CHAP . thofe cities was built by the Greeks , a few years XVII before the former ; and the blindness of its foun- ders , who overlooked the fuperior advantages of the oppofite coaft , has been ftigmatized by a pro- verbial ...
Side 8
... thofe immortal rivulets the Simois and Scamander . The Grecian camp had ftretched twelve miles along the shore from the Sigaan to the Rhætean promontory ; and the flanks of the army were guarded by the braveft chiefs who fought under ...
... thofe immortal rivulets the Simois and Scamander . The Grecian camp had ftretched twelve miles along the shore from the Sigaan to the Rhætean promontory ; and the flanks of the army were guarded by the braveft chiefs who fought under ...
Side 13
... thofe fuburbs from the inceffant inroads of the Barbarians , engaged the younger Theodofius to furround his capital with an ade- quate and permanent inclofure of walls " . From the eastern promontory to the golden gate , the extreme ...
... thofe fuburbs from the inceffant inroads of the Barbarians , engaged the younger Theodofius to furround his capital with an ade- quate and permanent inclofure of walls " . From the eastern promontory to the golden gate , the extreme ...
Side 15
... thofe admirable monuments were intended to reprefent . But it is not in the city of Conftantine , nor in the declining period of an empire , when the human mind was depreffed by civil and religious slavery , that we should feek for the ...
... thofe admirable monuments were intended to reprefent . But it is not in the city of Conftantine , nor in the declining period of an empire , when the human mind was depreffed by civil and religious slavery , that we should feek for the ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1787 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1787 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
afferted affumed Afia againſt Alemanni almoſt Ammianus ancient Arian Arius Athanafius Auguftus Aurelius Victor Barbarians bishops Cæfar cauſe CHAP Chriftian church civil Conftan Conftantine Conftantinople Dalmatius death defert defign difcipline diftinction diftinguished Diocletian Eaft ecclefiaftical edict of Milan eftablished emperor empire enemy epifcopal Eufebius eunuchs Eutropius exerciſed facred faith fame favour fecond fecret fect fecure feems fenate fervice feven firſt foldiers fome fometimes foon fovereign fpirit ftantine ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fupported fynod Gallus Gaul Hannibalianus Hift hiftorian himſelf honour Imperial intereft Julian labarum laft leaſt lefs Libanius mafter magiftrates Magnentius meaſure minifters moft monarch moſt muſt obferve occafion Orat paffions palace Pandect Perfian perfon philofophic poffeffed præfect Prætorian prefent prince provinces reaſon refpect reign Roman Rome Sapor Sarmatians Sozomen ſtill thefe themſelves Theod theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tillemont tion troops uſe Vetranio victory Weft whofe whoſe XVII XVIII Zofimus СНАР