The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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... Fortunes of Maximin 223 22 $ His military Service and Honours 235 Confpiracy of Maximin Murder of Alexander Severus Tyranny of Maximin Oppreffion of the Provinces 237 Revolt in Africa ib . 226 227 229 231 232 Character and Élevation of ...
... Fortunes of Maximin 223 22 $ His military Service and Honours 235 Confpiracy of Maximin Murder of Alexander Severus Tyranny of Maximin Oppreffion of the Provinces 237 Revolt in Africa ib . 226 227 229 231 232 Character and Élevation of ...
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... fortune ' . On the death of that emperor , his teftament was publicly read in the fenate . He bequeathed , as a valuable legacy to his fucceffors , the advice of confining the empire within those limits , which Nature feemed to have ...
... fortune ' . On the death of that emperor , his teftament was publicly read in the fenate . He bequeathed , as a valuable legacy to his fucceffors , the advice of confining the empire within those limits , which Nature feemed to have ...
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... fortune , till , by the confeffion of his enemies , he had exhausted every refource both of valour and policy " . This memorable war , with a very short fufpenfion of hoftilities , lafted five years ; and as the emperor could exert ...
... fortune , till , by the confeffion of his enemies , he had exhausted every refource both of valour and policy " . This memorable war , with a very short fufpenfion of hoftilities , lafted five years ; and as the emperor could exert ...
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... fortune , and haf- tened the ruin , of Athens and Sparta . The aspiring genius of Rome facrificed vanity to ambition , and deemed it more prudent , as well as honourable , to adopt virtue and merit for her own wherefoever they were ...
... fortune , and haf- tened the ruin , of Athens and Sparta . The aspiring genius of Rome facrificed vanity to ambition , and deemed it more prudent , as well as honourable , to adopt virtue and merit for her own wherefoever they were ...
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... fortune was open to those whose pretenfions were feconded by favour or merit . The grandfons of the Gauls , who had befieged Julius Cæfar in Alefia , commanded legions , governed provinces , and were admitted into the fenate of Rome ...
... fortune was open to those whose pretenfions were feconded by favour or merit . The grandfons of the Gauls , who had befieged Julius Cæfar in Alefia , commanded legions , governed provinces , and were admitted into the fenate of Rome ...
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