The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side 4
... throne was disgraced by the weakest , or the most vicious of mankind . At the very time when Do- mitian , confined to his palace , felt the terrors which he inspired , his legions , under the command of the virtuous Agricola , defeated ...
... throne was disgraced by the weakest , or the most vicious of mankind . At the very time when Do- mitian , confined to his palace , felt the terrors which he inspired , his legions , under the command of the virtuous Agricola , defeated ...
Side 30
... throne of the Ptolemies ; and the iron sceptre of the Mamalukes is now in the hands of a Turkish pasha . The Nile flows down the country above five hundred miles , from the tropic of Cancer to the Mediterranean , and marks , on either ...
... throne of the Ptolemies ; and the iron sceptre of the Mamalukes is now in the hands of a Turkish pasha . The Nile flows down the country above five hundred miles , from the tropic of Cancer to the Mediterranean , and marks , on either ...
Side 42
... thrones , as soon as they had per- formed their appointed task of fashioning to the yoke the vanquished nations . The free states and cities which had embraced the cause of Rome , were rewarded with a nominal alliance , and insensibly ...
... thrones , as soon as they had per- formed their appointed task of fashioning to the yoke the vanquished nations . The free states and cities which had embraced the cause of Rome , were rewarded with a nominal alliance , and insensibly ...
Side 81
... monarchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth . The masters of the Roman world surrounded their throne with darkness , concealed VOL . I. G their irresistible strength , and humbly professed them- selves the CHAP . III . 81.
... monarchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth . The masters of the Roman world surrounded their throne with darkness , concealed VOL . I. G their irresistible strength , and humbly professed them- selves the CHAP . III . 81.
Side 86
... throne was vacant by the murder of Caligula , the con- suls convoked that assembly in the Capitol , condemned the memory of the Cæsars , gave the watch - word liberty to the few cohorts who faintly adhered to their standard , and during ...
... throne was vacant by the murder of Caligula , the con- suls convoked that assembly in the Capitol , condemned the memory of the Cæsars , gave the watch - word liberty to the few cohorts who faintly adhered to their standard , and during ...
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