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537 Secret History of his Wife Antonina............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 Her
Lover Theodosius . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... . . . . . . . . . 540
Resentment of Belisarius and her Son Photius .............. ... . . . . . . . 542
Persecution ...
537 Secret History of his Wife Antonina............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539 Her
Lover Theodosius . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... . . . . . . . . . 540
Resentment of Belisarius and her Son Photius .............. ... . . . . . . . 542
Persecution ...
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War. pp. 26-34) have indulged strange dreams, of four, or eight, or fourteen,
millions in Rome. Mr. Hume (Essays, vol. i. pp. 450–457), with admira ble good
sense and skepticism, betrays some secret disposition to extenuate the
populousness ...
War. pp. 26-34) have indulged strange dreams, of four, or eight, or fourteen,
millions in Rome. Mr. Hume (Essays, vol. i. pp. 450–457), with admira ble good
sense and skepticism, betrays some secret disposition to extenuate the
populousness ...
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... nay, even the adoptive mother, of the reigning emperor: but they abhorred the
widow of Stilicho; and they listened with credulous passion to the tale of calumny,
which accused her of maintaining a secret and criminal correspondence with ...
... nay, even the adoptive mother, of the reigning emperor: but they abhorred the
widow of Stilicho; and they listened with credulous passion to the tale of calumny,
which accused her of maintaining a secret and criminal correspondence with ...
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The im: portant secret was communicated to Innocent, the bishop of Rome; and
the successor of St. Peter is accused, perhaps with foundation, of preferring the
safety of the republic to the rigid severity of the Christian worship. But when the ...
The im: portant secret was communicated to Innocent, the bishop of Rome; and
the successor of St. Peter is accused, perhaps with foundation, of preferring the
safety of the republic to the rigid severity of the Christian worship. But when the ...
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... the gold and gems had been exchanged, during the famine, for the vilest
sustenance; the hoards of secret wealth were still concealed by the obstinacy of
avarice; and some remains of consecrated spoils afforded the only resource that
could ...
... the gold and gems had been exchanged, during the famine, for the vilest
sustenance; the hoards of secret wealth were still concealed by the obstinacy of
avarice; and some remains of consecrated spoils afforded the only resource that
could ...
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Brukerevaluering - Smiley - LibraryThingGibbon's third volume of The Decline and Fall seems to stray from the purpose stated in volume one. I think he just got carried away by the sweep of history. The melodious style and easy learning are still present but I was suffering from Gibbon fatigue by the third volume and we were off course. Les hele vurderingen
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Henry Hart Milman |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Redaktør | William Smith |
| Utgiver | National Library, 1900 |
| Original fra | University of California Irvine |
| Digitalisert | 3. mar 2017 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |