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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... emperor could exert, without controul, the whole force of the state, it was terminated by an absolute submission of the barbarians.17 The new province of Dacia, which formed a second exception to the precept of Augustus, was about ...
... emperor could exert, without controul, the whole force of the state, it was terminated by an absolute submission of the barbarians.17 The new province of Dacia, which formed a second exception to the precept of Augustus, was about ...
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... emperor. The emperor alone was the general of the republic, and his jurisdiction, civil as well as military, extended over all the conquests of Rome. It was some satisfaction, however, to the senate, that he always delegated his power ...
... emperor. The emperor alone was the general of the republic, and his jurisdiction, civil as well as military, extended over all the conquests of Rome. It was some satisfaction, however, to the senate, that he always delegated his power ...
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... emperor, who commanded in Gaul or Syria. The former were attended by lictors, the latter by soldiers. A law was passed, that wherever the emperor was present, his extraordinary commission should supersede the ordinary jurisdiction of ...
... emperor, who commanded in Gaul or Syria. The former were attended by lictors, the latter by soldiers. A law was passed, that wherever the emperor was present, his extraordinary commission should supersede the ordinary jurisdiction of ...
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... emperor and the army, boldly claimed their allegiance, as the first magistrate of the republic.29 [Their obedience.] During a long period of two hundred and twenty years, from the establishment of this artful system to the death of ...
... emperor and the army, boldly claimed their allegiance, as the first magistrate of the republic.29 [Their obedience.] During a long period of two hundred and twenty years, from the establishment of this artful system to the death of ...
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... emperor could think himself safe upon the throne, and every barbarian peasant of the frontier might aspire to that august, but dangerous station. [Birth and fortunes of Maximin.] About thirty-two years before that event, the emperor ...
... emperor could think himself safe upon the throne, and every barbarian peasant of the frontier might aspire to that august, but dangerous station. [Birth and fortunes of Maximin.] About thirty-two years before that event, the emperor ...
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CHAPTER XV | |
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CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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