The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... empire as a political form, and a friend to the freedom of nations. In 1764, while on the Grand Tour, he wrote to ... empire: But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the ...
... empire as a political form, and a friend to the freedom of nations. In 1764, while on the Grand Tour, he wrote to ... empire: But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the ...
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... Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. [A.D. 98-180.] During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by ...
... Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. [A.D. 98-180.] During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by ...
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... Roman discipline, that a good soldier should dread his officers far more than the enemy. From such laudable arts did the valour of the Imperial troops receive a degree of firmness and docility, unattainable by the impetuous and ...
... Roman discipline, that a good soldier should dread his officers far more than the enemy. From such laudable arts did the valour of the Imperial troops receive a degree of firmness and docility, unattainable by the impetuous and ...
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... Roman emperors defended their extensive conquests, and preserved a military spirit, at a time when every other virtue was oppressed by luxury and despotism If, in the consideration of their armies, we pass from their discipline to their ...
... Roman emperors defended their extensive conquests, and preserved a military spirit, at a time when every other virtue was oppressed by luxury and despotism If, in the consideration of their armies, we pass from their discipline to their ...
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... emperors might seem inadequate to their greatness; but it was fully sufficient for every useful purpose of government. The ambition of the Romans was confined to the land; nor was that warlike people ever actuated by the enterprising ...
... emperors might seem inadequate to their greatness; but it was fully sufficient for every useful purpose of government. The ambition of the Romans was confined to the land; nor was that warlike people ever actuated by the enterprising ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1827 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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