The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... soldiers , like the mercenary troops of modern Europe , were drawn from the meanest , and very frequently from the most profligate , of mankind . 4 That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism , is derived from ...
... soldiers , like the mercenary troops of modern Europe , were drawn from the meanest , and very frequently from the most profligate , of mankind . 4 That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism , is derived from ...
Side 24
... soldiers were constantly trained both in the morning and in the evening , nor was age or knowledge allowed to excuse the veterans from the daily repetition of what they had com- pletely learnt . Large sheds were erected in the winter ...
... soldiers were constantly trained both in the morning and in the evening , nor was age or knowledge allowed to excuse the veterans from the daily repetition of what they had com- pletely learnt . Large sheds were erected in the winter ...
Side 25
... soldiers , to reward the diligent , and sometimes to dispute with them the prize of superior strength or dexterity.3 Under the reigns of those princes , the science of tactics was cultivated with success ; and as long as the empire ...
... soldiers , to reward the diligent , and sometimes to dispute with them the prize of superior strength or dexterity.3 Under the reigns of those princes , the science of tactics was cultivated with success ; and as long as the empire ...
Side 61
... soldiers , the enemies , and the subjects of the republic . With regard to the soldiers , the jealousy of freedom had , even from the earliest ages of Rome , given way to the hopes of conquest , and a just sense of military discipline ...
... soldiers , the enemies , and the subjects of the republic . With regard to the soldiers , the jealousy of freedom had , even from the earliest ages of Rome , given way to the hopes of conquest , and a just sense of military discipline ...
Side 62
... soldiers . A law was passed that wherever the emperor was present , his extra- ordinary commission should supersede the ordinary jurisdiction of the governor ; a custom was introduced , that the new conquest belonged to the Imperial ...
... soldiers . A law was passed that wherever the emperor was present , his extra- ordinary commission should supersede the ordinary jurisdiction of the governor ; a custom was introduced , that the new conquest belonged to the Imperial ...
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