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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... prince, who styles himself Emperor of the Romans, and form the center, as well as strength, of the Austrian power. It may not be improper to observe, that if we except Bohemia, Moravia, the northern skirts of Austria, and a part of ...
... prince, who styles himself Emperor of the Romans, and form the center, as well as strength, of the Austrian power. It may not be improper to observe, that if we except Bohemia, Moravia, the northern skirts of Austria, and a part of ...
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... prince and people, were devoted to improve and to adorn the Roman empire. [Roman monuments.] Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted ...
... prince and people, were devoted to improve and to adorn the Roman empire. [Roman monuments.] Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted ...
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... prince. [Situation of Augustus.] Every barrier of the Roman constitution had been levelled by the vast ambition of the dictator; every fence had been extirpated by the cruel hand of the Triumvir. After the victory of Actium, the fate of ...
... prince. [Situation of Augustus.] Every barrier of the Roman constitution had been levelled by the vast ambition of the dictator; every fence had been extirpated by the cruel hand of the Triumvir. After the victory of Actium, the fate of ...
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... Prince of the Senate, which had always been bestowed, by the censors, on the citizen the most eminent for his honours and services.3 But whilst he thus restored the dignity, he destroyed the independence of the senate. The principles of ...
... Prince of the Senate, which had always been bestowed, by the censors, on the citizen the most eminent for his honours and services.3 But whilst he thus restored the dignity, he destroyed the independence of the senate. The principles of ...
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... Prince, the favourite epithet of Augustus, was the same in every part of the empire. [The former preserves his military command, and guards in Rome itself.] In return for this imaginary concession, Augustus obtained an important ...
... Prince, the favourite epithet of Augustus, was the same in every part of the empire. [The former preserves his military command, and guards in Rome itself.] In return for this imaginary concession, Augustus obtained an important ...
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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 - 1914 |
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