The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 sider |
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... tion , he preferred the confines of Europe and Afia ; to curb , with a powerful arm the bar- barians who dwelt between the Danube and the Tanais ; to watch with an eye of jealoufy the conduct of the Perfian monarch , who indignantly ...
... tion , he preferred the confines of Europe and Afia ; to curb , with a powerful arm the bar- barians who dwelt between the Danube and the Tanais ; to watch with an eye of jealoufy the conduct of the Perfian monarch , who indignantly ...
Side 4
Edward Gibbon. СНАР . XVII . Defetip- tion of CON- NOPLE . I hiftorians of antiquity had defcribed the advan- tages of a fituation , from whence a feeble colony of Greeks derived the command of the fea , and the honours of a flourishing ...
Edward Gibbon. СНАР . XVII . Defetip- tion of CON- NOPLE . I hiftorians of antiquity had defcribed the advan- tages of a fituation , from whence a feeble colony of Greeks derived the command of the fea , and the honours of a flourishing ...
Side 10
... tion of the united in a fingle fpot , was fufficient to justify the choice of Conftantine . But as fome decent mix- city . • " ture of prodigy and fable has , in every ΤΟ THE DECLINE AND FALL The Propontis The Hellefpont.
... tion of the united in a fingle fpot , was fufficient to justify the choice of Conftantine . But as fome decent mix- city . • " ture of prodigy and fable has , in every ΤΟ THE DECLINE AND FALL The Propontis The Hellefpont.
Side 14
... tion of Conftantinople , by the allowance of about two millions five hundred thousand pounds for the conftruction of the walls , the porticoes , and the aqueducts " . The forefts that overshadowed the shores of the Euxine and the ...
... tion of Conftantinople , by the allowance of about two millions five hundred thousand pounds for the conftruction of the walls , the porticoes , and the aqueducts " . The forefts that overshadowed the shores of the Euxine and the ...
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... tion . its founder . In the dark ages which fucceeded the translation of the empire , the remote and the immediate consequences of that memorable event were ftrangely confounded by the vanity of the Greeks , and the credulity of the ...
... tion . its founder . In the dark ages which fucceeded the translation of the empire , the remote and the immediate consequences of that memorable event were ftrangely confounded by the vanity of the Greeks , and the credulity of the ...
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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 |
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