The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side 7
... Alexander , transmitted by a succession of poets and historians , had kindled a dangerous emulation in the mind of Trajan . Like him , the Roman emperor undertook an expe- dition against the nations of the east ; but he lamented with a ...
... Alexander , transmitted by a succession of poets and historians , had kindled a dangerous emulation in the mind of Trajan . Like him , the Roman emperor undertook an expe- dition against the nations of the east ; but he lamented with a ...
Side 21
... Alexander Severus . I have endeavoured to fix on the proper medium between these two periods . See likewise Lipsius de Mag- nitudine Romanâ , l . 1. c . 4 , 5 . u The Romans tried to disguise , by the pretence of religious awe , their ...
... Alexander Severus . I have endeavoured to fix on the proper medium between these two periods . See likewise Lipsius de Mag- nitudine Romanâ , l . 1. c . 4 , 5 . u The Romans tried to disguise , by the pretence of religious awe , their ...
Side 28
... Alexander , gave laws to Asia , de- rived more solid advantages from the policy of the two Philips ; and , with its dependencies of Epirus and Thessaly , extended from the Ægean to the Ionian sea . When we reflect on the fame of Thebes ...
... Alexander , gave laws to Asia , de- rived more solid advantages from the policy of the two Philips ; and , with its dependencies of Epirus and Thessaly , extended from the Ægean to the Ionian sea . When we reflect on the fame of Thebes ...
Side 29
... Alexander , Syria was the seat of the Seleucidæ , who reigned over Up- per Asia , till the successful revolt of the Par- thians confined their dominions between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean . When Syria be- came subject to the ...
... Alexander , Syria was the seat of the Seleucidæ , who reigned over Up- per Asia , till the successful revolt of the Par- thians confined their dominions between the Euphrates and the Mediterranean . When Syria be- came subject to the ...
Side 33
... Alexander erected the Macedonian trophies on the banks of the Hyphasis . Within less than a century , the irresistible Zingis , and the Mogul princes of his race , spread their cruel devastations and transient em- pire from the sea of ...
... Alexander erected the Macedonian trophies on the banks of the Hyphasis . Within less than a century , the irresistible Zingis , and the Mogul princes of his race , spread their cruel devastations and transient em- pire from the sea of ...
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