The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... hands of the emperor ; that the independent tribes of the Median and Carduchian hills had implored his protection ... hand which had im- posed it . It was an ancient tradition , that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings ...
... hands of the emperor ; that the independent tribes of the Median and Carduchian hills had implored his protection ... hand which had im- posed it . It was an ancient tradition , that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings ...
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... hands of the legionaries themselves ; to whom the use of the spade and the pick - axe was no less familiar than that of the sword or pilum . Active valour may often be the present of nature ; but such patient diligence can be the fruit ...
... hands of the legionaries themselves ; to whom the use of the spade and the pick - axe was no less familiar than that of the sword or pilum . Active valour may often be the present of nature ; but such patient diligence can be the fruit ...
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... hands either tributary princes or Roman garrisons . Budzak , Crim Tartary , Cir- cassia , and Mingrelia , are the modern appellations of those savage countries.1 Under the successors of Alexander , Syria was the seat of the Seleu- cida ...
... hands either tributary princes or Roman garrisons . Budzak , Crim Tartary , Cir- cassia , and Mingrelia , are the modern appellations of those savage countries.1 Under the successors of Alexander , Syria was the seat of the Seleu- cida ...
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Edward Gibbon. and the iron sceptre of the Mamalukes is now in the hands of a Turk- ish pasha . The Nile flows down the country , above five hundred miles from the tropic of Cancer to the Mediterranean , and marks , on either side , the ...
Edward Gibbon. and the iron sceptre of the Mamalukes is now in the hands of a Turk- ish pasha . The Nile flows down the country , above five hundred miles from the tropic of Cancer to the Mediterranean , and marks , on either side , the ...
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... hands . The pontiffs were chosen among the most illus- trious of the senators ; and the office of Supreme Pontiff was con- stantly exercised by the emperors themselves . They knew and valued the advantages of religion , as it is ...
... hands . The pontiffs were chosen among the most illus- trious of the senators ; and the office of Supreme Pontiff was con- stantly exercised by the emperors themselves . They knew and valued the advantages of religion , as it is ...
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