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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... under the absolute monarchy of the empire: But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies. The slave of.
... under the absolute monarchy of the empire: But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies. The slave of.
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... hands. (ADF, pp. 467-8) This is a passage of exceptional interest, because it indicates very clearly Gibbon's understanding of the cardinal position occupied by Byzantium in the emergence of the modern world from the societies of ...
... hands. (ADF, pp. 467-8) This is a passage of exceptional interest, because it indicates very clearly Gibbon's understanding of the cardinal position occupied by Byzantium in the emergence of the modern world from the societies of ...
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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 imposed it. [Resigned by his successor Hadrian.] It was an ancient tradition, that when the Capitol was ...
... hands of the emperor; that the independent tribes of the Median and Carduchian hills had implored his protection ... hand which had imposed it. [Resigned by his successor Hadrian.] It was an ancient tradition, that when the Capitol was ...
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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 only ...
... 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 only ...
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... hands, either tributary princes or Roman garrisons. Budzak, Crim Tartary, Circassia, and Mingrelia, are the modern appellations of those savage countries.82 [Syria, Phænicia, and Palestine.] Under the successors of Alexander, Syria.
... hands, either tributary princes or Roman garrisons. Budzak, Crim Tartary, Circassia, and Mingrelia, are the modern appellations of those savage countries.82 [Syria, Phænicia, and Palestine.] Under the successors of Alexander, Syria.
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CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
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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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