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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... troops of modern Europe, were drawn from the meanest, and very frequently from the most profligate, of mankind. [Discipline.] That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our ...
... troops of modern Europe, were drawn from the meanest, and very frequently from the most profligate, of mankind. [Discipline.] That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our ...
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... troops receive a degree of firmness and docility, unattainable by the impetuous and irregular passions of barbarians. [Excercises.] And yet so sensible were the Romans of the imperfection of valour without skill and practice, that, in ...
... troops receive a degree of firmness and docility, unattainable by the impetuous and irregular passions of barbarians. [Excercises.] And yet so sensible were the Romans of the imperfection of valour without skill and practice, that, in ...
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... troops familiarised themselves with the practice of war; and it is prettily remarked by an ancient historian who had fought against them, that the effusion of blood was the only circumstance which distinguished a field of battle from a ...
... troops familiarised themselves with the practice of war; and it is prettily remarked by an ancient historian who had fought against them, that the effusion of blood was the only circumstance which distinguished a field of battle from a ...
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... troops or squadrons; the first, as the companion of the first cohort, consisted of an hundred and thirty-two men ... troop of horse, or a cohort of foot.53 Trajan and Hadrian formed their cavalry from the same provinces, and the same ...
... troops or squadrons; the first, as the companion of the first cohort, consisted of an hundred and thirty-two men ... troop of horse, or a cohort of foot.53 Trajan and Hadrian formed their cavalry from the same provinces, and the same ...
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... troops of hostile barbarians were frequently compelled or persuaded to consume their dangerous valour in remote climates, and for the benefit of the state.56 All these were included under the general name of auxiliaries; and howsoever ...
... troops of hostile barbarians were frequently compelled or persuaded to consume their dangerous valour in remote climates, and for the benefit of the state.56 All these were included under the general name of auxiliaries; and howsoever ...
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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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