The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side xx
... Cæsar fell , was at once present to my eye , and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation . " In another place he remarks , " It was at Rome , on the 15th of Octo → ber ...
... Cæsar fell , was at once present to my eye , and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation . " In another place he remarks , " It was at Rome , on the 15th of Octo → ber ...
Side xxxvi
... Cæsar and Augustus , after their dominions were contracted to the limits of a single city ; in which the language , as well as manners , of the an- cient Romans , had been long since forgotten . The writer who should undertake to relate ...
... Cæsar and Augustus , after their dominions were contracted to the limits of a single city ; in which the language , as well as manners , of the an- cient Romans , had been long since forgotten . The writer who should undertake to relate ...
Side 3
... great light from the learned notes of his French translator , M. Spanheim . e Germanicus , Suetonius Paulinus , and Agricola , were checked and recalled in instance , the successors of Cæsar and Augustus were persuaded B 2 CHAP . I. 3.
... great light from the learned notes of his French translator , M. Spanheim . e Germanicus , Suetonius Paulinus , and Agricola , were checked and recalled in instance , the successors of Cæsar and Augustus were persuaded B 2 CHAP . I. 3.
Side 4
... Cæsar himself conceals that ignoble motive ; but it is mentioned by Suetonius , c . 47. The British pearls proved , however , of little value , on account of their dark and livid colour . Tacitus observes , with reason , ( in Agricola ...
... Cæsar himself conceals that ignoble motive ; but it is mentioned by Suetonius , c . 47. The British pearls proved , however , of little value , on account of their dark and livid colour . Tacitus observes , with reason , ( in Agricola ...
Side 11
... Cæsar formed his legion Alauda of Gauls and strangers ; but it was during the licence of civil war ; and after the victory , he gave them the freedom of the city for their reward . i See Vegetius de Re Militari , l . 1. c . 2—7 . k by ...
... Cæsar formed his legion Alauda of Gauls and strangers ; but it was during the licence of civil war ; and after the victory , he gave them the freedom of the city for their reward . i See Vegetius de Re Militari , l . 1. c . 2—7 . k by ...
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