The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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Side 13
... capital , 432 ; situation of Byzantium , 433 . Description of CONSTANTINOPLE ; the Bosphorus , 433 , 434 ; the port of Constantinople , 435 ; the Propontis , the Hellespont , 435 , 437 ; foundation of the city , 438 ; its extent ...
... capital , 432 ; situation of Byzantium , 433 . Description of CONSTANTINOPLE ; the Bosphorus , 433 , 434 ; the port of Constantinople , 435 ; the Propontis , the Hellespont , 435 , 437 ; foundation of the city , 438 ; its extent ...
Side 39
... capital of a great monarchy , was incessantly filled with subjects and strangers from every part of the world ( Seneca Con- solat . ad Helviam , p . 74. Edit . Lips . ) , who all introduced and en- joyed the favourite superstitions of ...
... capital of a great monarchy , was incessantly filled with subjects and strangers from every part of the world ( Seneca Con- solat . ad Helviam , p . 74. Edit . Lips . ) , who all introduced and en- joyed the favourite superstitions of ...
Side 48
... capital of brick , and that he had left it of marble . The strict œco- nomy of Vespasian was the source of his magnificence . The works of Trajan bear the stamp of his genius . The public monu- ments with which Hadrian adorned every ...
... capital of brick , and that he had left it of marble . The strict œco- nomy of Vespasian was the source of his magnificence . The works of Trajan bear the stamp of his genius . The public monu- ments with which Hadrian adorned every ...
Side 50
... capital , and all the provinces of the empire , were embellished by the same liberal spirit of public magnificence , and were filled with amphitheatres , theatres , temples , porticos , triumphal arches , baths , and aqueducts , all ...
... capital , and all the provinces of the empire , were embellished by the same liberal spirit of public magnificence , and were filled with amphitheatres , theatres , temples , porticos , triumphal arches , baths , and aqueducts , all ...
Side 51
... capital claim a just pre - eminence ; but the curious traveller , who , without the light of history , should examine those of Spoleto , of Metz , or of Segovia , would very naturally con- clude , that those provincial towns had ...
... capital claim a just pre - eminence ; but the curious traveller , who , without the light of history , should examine those of Spoleto , of Metz , or of Segovia , would very naturally con- clude , that those provincial towns had ...
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