The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3AMS Press, 1974 |
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... Ammianus has delineated his bloody figures with tedious and disgusting accuracy . But , as our attention is no longer engaged by the contrast of freedom and servitude , of recent greatness and of actual misery , we should turn with ...
... Ammianus has delineated his bloody figures with tedious and disgusting accuracy . But , as our attention is no longer engaged by the contrast of freedom and servitude , of recent greatness and of actual misery , we should turn with ...
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... Ammianus Marcellinus , who terminates his useful work with the defeat and death of Valens , recommends the more glorious sub- ject of the ensuing reign to the youthful vigour and eloquence of the rising generation.116 The rising ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus , who terminates his useful work with the defeat and death of Valens , recommends the more glorious sub- ject of the ensuing reign to the youthful vigour and eloquence of the rising generation.116 The rising ...
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... Ammianus alliance of virtue and of fortune . The long period of her in- linus fancy was employed in a laborious struggle against the tribes of Italy , the neighbours and enemies of the rising city . In the strength and ardour of youth ...
... Ammianus alliance of virtue and of fortune . The long period of her in- linus fancy was employed in a laborious struggle against the tribes of Italy , the neighbours and enemies of the rising city . In the strength and ardour of youth ...
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