The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1George Bell and Sons, 1891 |
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... Arms - of Discipline Civil Dissensions of Germany Fomented by the Policy of Rome Transient Union against Marcus Antoninus Distinction of the German Tribes Numbers - • CH . X. THE EMPERORS DECIUS , GALLUS , EMILIANUS , VALERIAN , AND ...
... Arms - of Discipline Civil Dissensions of Germany Fomented by the Policy of Rome Transient Union against Marcus Antoninus Distinction of the German Tribes Numbers - • CH . X. THE EMPERORS DECIUS , GALLUS , EMILIANUS , VALERIAN , AND ...
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... arms ; and that , in the prosecution of remote wars , the undertaking became every day more difficult , the event more doubtful , and the possession more precarious , and less beneficial . The experience of Augustus added weight to ...
... arms ; and that , in the prosecution of remote wars , the undertaking became every day more difficult , the event more doubtful , and the possession more precarious , and less beneficial . The experience of Augustus added weight to ...
Side 4
... arms : the pleasing , though doubtful intelligence of a pearl fishery , attracted their avarice ; and as Britain was viewed in the light of a distinct and insulated world , the conquest scarcely formed any exception to the general ...
... arms : the pleasing , though doubtful intelligence of a pearl fishery , attracted their avarice ; and as Britain was viewed in the light of a distinct and insulated world , the conquest scarcely formed any exception to the general ...
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... arms . He descended the river Tigris in triumph , from the mountains of Armenia to the Persian gulf . He enjoyed the honour of being the first , as he was the last , of the Roman generals who ever navigated that remote sea . His fleets ...
... arms . He descended the river Tigris in triumph , from the mountains of Armenia to the Persian gulf . He enjoyed the honour of being the first , as he was the last , of the Roman generals who ever navigated that remote sea . His fleets ...
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... arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors . They preserved peace by a constant preparation for war ; and while justice regu lated their conduct , they announced to the nations on their confines , that they were as ...
... arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors . They preserved peace by a constant preparation for war ; and while justice regu lated their conduct , they announced to the nations on their confines , that they were as ...
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