The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... Alexander Severus declared Cæsar , 122 ; sedition of the guards and murder of Elagabalus , 123. Accession of Alexander Severus ; power of his mother Mamæa , 123. His wise adminis- tration ; virtuous temper ; journal of his ordinary life ...
... Alexander Severus declared Cæsar , 122 ; sedition of the guards and murder of Elagabalus , 123. Accession of Alexander Severus ; power of his mother Mamæa , 123. His wise adminis- tration ; virtuous temper ; journal of his ordinary life ...
Side 21
... Alexander , transmitted by a suc- cession of poets and historians , had kindled a dangerous emulation in the mind of Trajan . Like him the Roman emperor undertook an expedition against the nations of the east , but he lamented with a ...
... Alexander , transmitted by a suc- cession of poets and historians , had kindled a dangerous emulation in the mind of Trajan . Like him the Roman emperor undertook an expedition against the nations of the east , but he lamented with a ...
Side 29
... Alexander Severus . I have endeavoured to fix on the proper medium between these two periods . See likewise Lipsius de Magnitudine Romanâ , l . i . c . 4 , 5 , 2 The Romans tried to disguise , by the pretence of religious awe , their ...
... Alexander Severus . I have endeavoured to fix on the proper medium between these two periods . See likewise Lipsius de Magnitudine Romanâ , l . i . c . 4 , 5 , 2 The Romans tried to disguise , by the pretence of religious awe , their ...
Side 33
... Alexander , gave laws to Asia , derived more solid advantages from the policy of the two Philips ; and with its dependencies of Epirus and Thessaly , extended from the Egean to the Ionian sea . When we reflect on the fame of Thebes and ...
... Alexander , gave laws to Asia , derived more solid advantages from the policy of the two Philips ; and with its dependencies of Epirus and Thessaly , extended from the Egean to the Ionian sea . When we reflect on the fame of Thebes and ...
Side 34
... Alexander , Syria was the seat of the Seleu- cida , who reigned over Upper Asia , till the successful revolt of the Parthians confined their dominions between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean . When Syria became subject to the Romans ...
... Alexander , Syria was the seat of the Seleu- cida , who reigned over Upper Asia , till the successful revolt of the Parthians confined their dominions between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean . When Syria became subject to the Romans ...
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