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... affected moder- ation of the emperors , they permitted themselves to despise , and sometimes to forget , the outlying coun- tries which had been left in the enjoyment of a bar- barous independence ; and they gradually usurped the ...
... affected moder- ation of the emperors , they permitted themselves to despise , and sometimes to forget , the outlying coun- tries which had been left in the enjoyment of a bar- barous independence ; and they gradually usurped the ...
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... affected , on every occasion , to adopt the language and princi- ples of Patricians . In the administration of their own powers , they frequently consulted the great national council , and seemed to refer to its decision the most ...
... affected , on every occasion , to adopt the language and princi- ples of Patricians . In the administration of their own powers , they frequently consulted the great national council , and seemed to refer to its decision the most ...
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... affected . Augustus was therefore a personal , Cæsar a family , distinction . The former should naturally have expired with the prince on whom it was bestowed ; and however the latter was diffused by adoption and female alliance , Nero ...
... affected . Augustus was therefore a personal , Cæsar a family , distinction . The former should naturally have expired with the prince on whom it was bestowed ; and however the latter was diffused by adoption and female alliance , Nero ...
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... affected by the bloody scenes which were daily exhibited ; that they would forget the death of Byrrhus , a senator to whose superior merit the late emperor had granted one of his daughters ; and that they would forgive the execution of ...
... affected by the bloody scenes which were daily exhibited ; that they would forget the death of Byrrhus , a senator to whose superior merit the late emperor had granted one of his daughters ; and that they would forgive the execution of ...
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... affected to excel , in the elegant arts of music and poetry ; nor should we despise his pur- suits , had he not converted the pleasing relaxation of a leisure hour into the serious business and am- bition of his life . But Commodus ...
... affected to excel , in the elegant arts of music and poetry ; nor should we despise his pur- suits , had he not converted the pleasing relaxation of a leisure hour into the serious business and am- bition of his life . But Commodus ...
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