The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... four princes , 268 , 269. Series of events ; 287 state of the peasants of Gaul ; their rebellion and chastisement , 270. Revolt of Carausius in Britain ; importance of Britain ; 289 power of Carausius ; A. D. 289 , acknowledged by the ...
... four princes , 268 , 269. Series of events ; 287 state of the peasants of Gaul ; their rebellion and chastisement , 270. Revolt of Carausius in Britain ; importance of Britain ; 289 power of Carausius ; A. D. 289 , acknowledged by the ...
Side 13
... Four divisions of office , 447 : -I . The consuls ; the patricians , 447-449 . II . The Prætorian præfects , 450 ; the præ- fects of Rome and Constantinople , 452 ; the proconsuls , vice- præfects , & c . , 453 ; the governors of the ...
... Four divisions of office , 447 : -I . The consuls ; the patricians , 447-449 . II . The Prætorian præfects , 450 ; the præ- fects of Rome and Constantinople , 452 ; the proconsuls , vice- præfects , & c . , 453 ; the governors of the ...
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... four feet in length , and two and an half in breadth , framed of a light wood , covered with a bull's hide , and strongly guarded with plates of brass . Besides a lighter spear , the legionary soldier grasped in his right hand the ...
... four feet in length , and two and an half in breadth , framed of a light wood , covered with a bull's hide , and strongly guarded with plates of brass . Besides a lighter spear , the legionary soldier grasped in his right hand the ...
Side 30
... four hundred and fifty thousand men a military power , which , however formidable it may seem , was equalled by a monarch of the last century , whose kingdom was confined within a single province of the Roman empire.2 We have attempted ...
... four hundred and fifty thousand men a military power , which , however formidable it may seem , was equalled by a monarch of the last century , whose kingdom was confined within a single province of the Roman empire.2 We have attempted ...
Side 38
... four most celebrated schools , the Stoics and the Platonists endeavoured to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety . They have left us the most sublime proofs of the existence and perfections of the first cause ; but , as ...
... four most celebrated schools , the Stoics and the Platonists endeavoured to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety . They have left us the most sublime proofs of the existence and perfections of the first cause ; but , as ...
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