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... fortunes of Julian , his discontented mind was prepared to receive the fubtle poifon of those artful fycophants , who ... fortune of the Cæfar . Yet the hiftorian , foon afterwards , was indebted to the favour or esteem of Julian for the ...
... fortunes of Julian , his discontented mind was prepared to receive the fubtle poifon of those artful fycophants , who ... fortune of the Cæfar . Yet the hiftorian , foon afterwards , was indebted to the favour or esteem of Julian for the ...
Side 14
... fortune . Zofimus ( 1. iii p . 155. ) relates a fubfequent dream . 14 The difficult fituation of the prince of a rebellious army is finely defcribed by Tacitus ( Hift . 1. 80-85 . ) . But Otho had much more guilt , and much lefs ...
... fortune . Zofimus ( 1. iii p . 155. ) relates a fubfequent dream . 14 The difficult fituation of the prince of a rebellious army is finely defcribed by Tacitus ( Hift . 1. 80-85 . ) . But Otho had much more guilt , and much lefs ...
Side 21
... fortune to the chance of a civil war . He gave a public and military audience to the quæftor Leonas : the haughty epiftle of Conftan- tius was read to the attentive multitude ; and Julian protested , with the most flattering defe- rence ...
... fortune to the chance of a civil war . He gave a public and military audience to the quæftor Leonas : the haughty epiftle of Conftan- tius was read to the attentive multitude ; and Julian protested , with the most flattering defe- rence ...
Side 25
... fortune . In the neighbourhood of Bafil he affembled and divided his army 28. One body , which confifted of ten thousand men , was directed , under the command of Nevitta , general of the cavalry , to advance through the midland parts ...
... fortune . In the neighbourhood of Bafil he affembled and divided his army 28. One body , which confifted of ten thousand men , was directed , under the command of Nevitta , general of the cavalry , to advance through the midland parts ...
Side 31
... fortune 38 " An artful expreffion , which , according to the chance of war , might be differently explained ; as a manly reproof of the ingratitude of the ufurper , or as a flattering confeffion , that a fingle act of fuch benefit to ...
... fortune 38 " An artful expreffion , which , according to the chance of war , might be differently explained ; as a manly reproof of the ingratitude of the ufurper , or as a flattering confeffion , that a fingle act of fuch benefit to ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1891 |
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