The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus: During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and ValensGood Press, 19. nov. 2019 - 598 sider This historical book covers the period from the accession of the emperor Nerva in 96 AD to the death of Valens in 378 AD. The book provides insight into the politics, society, and culture of the Roman Empire during this period. |
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... number of dissertations and digressions are introduced , many of them highly interesting and valuable . Such are his notices of the institutions and manners of the Saracens ( xiv . 4 ) , of the Scythians and Sarmatians ( xvii . 12 ) ...
... number of dissertations and digressions are introduced , many of them highly interesting and valuable . Such are his notices of the institutions and manners of the Saracens ( xiv . 4 ) , of the Scythians and Sarmatians ( xvii . 12 ) ...
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... numbers. 5. Since the Isaurians, having been born and brought up amid the entangled defiles of lofty mountains, could bound over them as over plain and easy paths, and attacked all who came in their way with missiles from a distance ...
... numbers. 5. Since the Isaurians, having been born and brought up amid the entangled defiles of lofty mountains, could bound over them as over plain and easy paths, and attacked all who came in their way with missiles from a distance ...
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... numbers from east to west, being forsooth ignorant that their ancestors, by whom the greatness of Rome was so widely extended, were not eminent for riches; but through a course of dreadful wars overpowered by their valour all who were ...
... numbers from east to west, being forsooth ignorant that their ancestors, by whom the greatness of Rome was so widely extended, were not eminent for riches; but through a course of dreadful wars overpowered by their valour all who were ...
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... number of whom was exceedingly small, were expelled without a moment's breathing-time; yet the followers of actresses, and all who at that time pretended to be of such a class, were allowed to remain; and three thousand dancing-girls ...
... number of whom was exceedingly small, were expelled without a moment's breathing-time; yet the followers of actresses, and all who at that time pretended to be of such a class, were allowed to remain; and three thousand dancing-girls ...
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... numbers of other persons were collected from different cities, who were all involved in serious accusations. 21. And now, when the trumpets of internal war and slaughter began to sound, the turbulent disposition of the Cæsar ...
... numbers of other persons were collected from different cities, who were all involved in serious accusations. 21. And now, when the trumpets of internal war and slaughter began to sound, the turbulent disposition of the Cæsar ...
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