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Side 12
... authority of Eunapius . With fuch guides , we might neglect the abbreviators and ecclefiaftical hiftorians . 11 Eutropius , a refpectable witnefs , ufes a doubtful expreffion , " confenfu militum " ( x . 15. ) . Gregory Nazianzen ...
... authority of Eunapius . With fuch guides , we might neglect the abbreviators and ecclefiaftical hiftorians . 11 Eutropius , a refpectable witnefs , ufes a doubtful expreffion , " confenfu militum " ( x . 15. ) . Gregory Nazianzen ...
Side 16
... authority which he had long exercised over the provinces of Gaul , Spain , and Britain , was ftill obeyed under a name more independent and auguft . The fol- diers and the people rejoiced in a revolution which was not ftained even with ...
... authority which he had long exercised over the provinces of Gaul , Spain , and Britain , was ftill obeyed under a name more independent and auguft . The fol- diers and the people rejoiced in a revolution which was not ftained even with ...
Side 21
... authority of " the army , of the people , of the republic , " which you have faved , " thundered at once from every part of the field , and terrified the pale ambaffador of Conftantius . A part of the letter was afterwards read , in ...
... authority of " the army , of the people , of the republic , " which you have faved , " thundered at once from every part of the field , and terrified the pale ambaffador of Conftantius . A part of the letter was afterwards read , in ...
Side 30
... authority of an emperor , who conciliating the qualities of a foldier with those of a philofopher , was equally admired in the camps of the Danube , and in the cities of Greece . From his palace , or , more properly , from his head ...
... authority of an emperor , who conciliating the qualities of a foldier with those of a philofopher , was equally admired in the camps of the Danube , and in the cities of Greece . From his palace , or , more properly , from his head ...
Side 54
... authority , which were still enjoyed by the fenate of ancient Rome 76. A legal fiction was intro- duced , and gradually established , that one half of the national council had migrated into the Eaft and the defpotic fucceffors of Julian ...
... authority , which were still enjoyed by the fenate of ancient Rome 76. A legal fiction was intro- duced , and gradually established , that one half of the national council had migrated into the Eaft and the defpotic fucceffors of Julian ...
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