The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3AMS Press, 1974 |
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... Danube , or even to the gates of Constantinople , the aged monarch of the Goths resigned to the brave Athanaric the danger and glory of a defensive war , against an enemy who wielded with a feeble hand the powers of a mighty state . A ...
... Danube , or even to the gates of Constantinople , the aged monarch of the Goths resigned to the brave Athanaric the danger and glory of a defensive war , against an enemy who wielded with a feeble hand the powers of a mighty state . A ...
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... Danube , and the confines of Thrace , as far as the frozen Mæotis , the seat of eternal winter , and Mount Caucasus , which , in the language of poetry , was described as the utmost boundary of the earth . They celebrated , with simple ...
... Danube , and the confines of Thrace , as far as the frozen Mæotis , the seat of eternal winter , and Mount Caucasus , which , in the language of poetry , was described as the utmost boundary of the earth . They celebrated , with simple ...
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... Danube the whole body of the Gothic nation ; 67 but the execution of this order was a task of labour and difficulty . The stream of the Danube , which in those parts is above a mile broad , 68 had been swelled by incessant rains ; and ...
... Danube the whole body of the Gothic nation ; 67 but the execution of this order was a task of labour and difficulty . The stream of the Danube , which in those parts is above a mile broad , 68 had been swelled by incessant rains ; and ...
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