The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 86
Side 12
... dangerous conspiracy , 386 ; their manners calumniated , 387 , 388. Conduct of the emperors towards the Christians ... danger and flight ; A. D. 257 , his banishment ; his condemnation ; his martyrdom , 402-404 . Ardour of the first ...
... dangerous conspiracy , 386 ; their manners calumniated , 387 , 388. Conduct of the emperors towards the Christians ... danger and flight ; A. D. 257 , his banishment ; his condemnation ; his martyrdom , 402-404 . Ardour of the first ...
Side 21
... 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 sigh , that his advanced age scarcely left him any hopes of equalling the re- nown ...
... 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 sigh , that his advanced age scarcely left him any hopes of equalling the re- nown ...
Side 26
... dangerous wound on his adversary . The legion was usually drawn up eight deep ; and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files as well as ranks . A body of troops , habituated to preserve this open order , in a long ...
... dangerous wound on his adversary . The legion was usually drawn up eight deep ; and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files as well as ranks . A body of troops , habituated to preserve this open order , in a long ...
Side 27
... dangerous valour in remote climates , and for the benefit of the state.3 All these were included under the general name of auxiliaries ; and howsoever they might vary according to the dif- ference of times and circumstances , their ...
... dangerous valour in remote climates , and for the benefit of the state.3 All these were included under the general name of auxiliaries ; and howsoever they might vary according to the dif- ference of times and circumstances , their ...
Side 39
... dangerous power of the Druids ( Sueton . in Claud . - Plin . Hist . Nat . xxx . 1. ) , but the priests themselves , their gods and their altars , subsisted in peaceful obscurity till the final destruction of Paganism . - Pelloutier ...
... dangerous power of the Druids ( Sueton . in Claud . - Plin . Hist . Nat . xxx . 1. ) , but the priests themselves , their gods and their altars , subsisted in peaceful obscurity till the final destruction of Paganism . - Pelloutier ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1895 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1846 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Alemanni Alexander Alexander Severus ambition ancient Antioch Antoninus arms army arts Asia August Augustan History Aurelian Aurelius Victor authority barbarians Cæsar camp Caracalla celebrated character Christians church civil Claudius commanded Commodus conduct conquest Constantine dangerous Danube death deserved dignity Diocletian Dion Cassius discipline discovered Egypt Elagabalus emperor enemy esteem faith favour fortune frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul Germans Gordian Goths Greek Hadrian Herodian Hist honour hundred Imperial Italy Julian king Lactantius laws legions liberal Licinius luxury Macrinus magistrates mankind Marcus Maxentius Maximin military modern monarch multitude nations nature palace Parthian peace Persian person Pertinax possessed præfect Prætorian guards preserved prince Probus provinces rank received reign religion republic Rhine Roman empire Roman world Rome Sarmatians senate Severus slaves soldiers soon sovereign spirit success Tacit Tacitus temple thousand throne Tillemont tion Trajan tribes troops tyrant Valerian valour victory virtue whilst youth Zosimus