The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... obtained , by an honourable treaty , the restitution of the standards and prisoners which had been taken in the defeat of Crassus.1 His generals , in the early part of his reign , attempted the reduction of Æthiopia and Arabia Felix ...
... obtained , by an honourable treaty , the restitution of the standards and prisoners which had been taken in the defeat of Crassus.1 His generals , in the early part of his reign , attempted the reduction of Æthiopia and Arabia Felix ...
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... obtained many signal victories , both on the Euphrates and on the Danube . The military establishment of the Roman empire , which thus assured either its tranquillity or success , will now become the proper and important object of our ...
... obtained many signal victories , both on the Euphrates and on the Danube . The military establishment of the Roman empire , which thus assured either its tranquillity or success , will now become the proper and important object of our ...
Side 43
... obtained with more facility , the freedom and honours of the state ; supported the national dignity in letters 5 and in arms ; and , at length , Aristid . in Romæ Encomio , tom . i . p . 218. Edit . Jebb . 2 Plin . Hist . Natur . iii ...
... obtained with more facility , the freedom and honours of the state ; supported the national dignity in letters 5 and in arms ; and , at length , Aristid . in Romæ Encomio , tom . i . p . 218. Edit . Jebb . 2 Plin . Hist . Natur . iii ...
Side 46
... obtained no more than the private rights of citizens , and were rigorously excluded from civil or mili- tary honours . Whatever might be the merit or fortune of their sons , they likewise were esteemed unworthy of a seat in the senate ...
... obtained no more than the private rights of citizens , and were rigorously excluded from civil or mili- tary honours . Whatever might be the merit or fortune of their sons , they likewise were esteemed unworthy of a seat in the senate ...
Side 49
... obtained for his son Herod , the prefect- ure of the free cities of Asia ; and the young magistrate , observing that the town of Troas was indifferently supplied with water , obtained from the munificence of Hadrian , three hundred ...
... obtained for his son Herod , the prefect- ure of the free cities of Asia ; and the young magistrate , observing that the town of Troas was indifferently supplied with water , obtained from the munificence of Hadrian , three hundred ...
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