The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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... confined to his palace , felt the terrors which he infpired ; his legions , under the command of the virtuous Agricola , defeated the collected force of the Caledonians at the foot of the Grampian hills ;, and his fleets , venturing to ...
... confined to his palace , felt the terrors which he infpired ; his legions , under the command of the virtuous Agricola , defeated the collected force of the Caledonians at the foot of the Grampian hills ;, and his fleets , venturing to ...
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... men . Instead of being confined within the walls of for- tified cities , which the Romans confidered as the I CHAP . refuge of weakness or pufillanimity , the B 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 21 March Number and Difpofition of the Legions.
... men . Instead of being confined within the walls of for- tified cities , which the Romans confidered as the I CHAP . refuge of weakness or pufillanimity , the B 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 21 March Number and Difpofition of the Legions.
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... emperors might feem inadequate to their greatness ; but it was fully fufficient for every useful purpose of govern- 9 ment . The ambition of the Romans was confined 22 THE DECLINE AND FALL Navy Page Of Africa and Spain 212.
... emperors might feem inadequate to their greatness ; but it was fully fufficient for every useful purpose of govern- 9 ment . The ambition of the Romans was confined 22 THE DECLINE AND FALL Navy Page Of Africa and Spain 212.
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Edward Gibbon. 9 ment . The ambition of the Romans was confined to the land ; nor was that warlike people ever actuated by the enterprifing fpirit which had prompted the navigators of Tyre , of Carthage , and even of Marseilles , to ...
Edward Gibbon. 9 ment . The ambition of the Romans was confined to the land ; nor was that warlike people ever actuated by the enterprifing fpirit which had prompted the navigators of Tyre , of Carthage , and even of Marseilles , to ...
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... confined within a fingle province of the Roman empire View of the We have attempted to explain the spirit which provinces of moderated , and the strength which supported , the power of Hadrian and the Antonines . We shall now endeavour ...
... confined within a fingle province of the Roman empire View of the We have attempted to explain the spirit which provinces of moderated , and the strength which supported , the power of Hadrian and the Antonines . We shall now endeavour ...
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