The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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... ruin of the Greek Empire ; and he would scarcely be able to restrain his curiofity from making fome inquiry into the state of the city of Rome , during the darkness and confusion of the middle ages . 2 As I have ventured , perhaps too ...
... ruin of the Greek Empire ; and he would scarcely be able to restrain his curiofity from making fome inquiry into the state of the city of Rome , during the darkness and confusion of the middle ages . 2 As I have ventured , perhaps too ...
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... Ruin of the Temple of Ephefus 356 Conduct of the Goths at Athens 357 Conqueft of Armenia by the Perfians ib . Valerian marches into the East 358 The Thirty Tyrants 260 Is defeated and taken Prifoner by Sapor King of Perfia Sapor ...
... Ruin of the Temple of Ephefus 356 Conduct of the Goths at Athens 357 Conqueft of Armenia by the Perfians ib . Valerian marches into the East 358 The Thirty Tyrants 260 Is defeated and taken Prifoner by Sapor King of Perfia Sapor ...
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... 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 found , among slaves or ftrangers ...
... 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 found , among slaves or ftrangers ...
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... ruin of public freedom . Under a democratical government , the citizens exercise the powers of fovereignty ; and those powers will be firft abused , and afterwards loft , if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude . But when the ...
... ruin of public freedom . Under a democratical government , the citizens exercise the powers of fovereignty ; and those powers will be firft abused , and afterwards loft , if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude . But when the ...
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... ruin of the Ptolemies , before an Egyptian was admitted into the fenate of Rome 1 CHAP . II . General languages . It is a juft though trite obfervation , that vic- torious Rome was herself fubdued by the arts of ufe of both Greece ...
... ruin of the Ptolemies , before an Egyptian was admitted into the fenate of Rome 1 CHAP . II . General languages . It is a juft though trite obfervation , that vic- torious Rome was herself fubdued by the arts of ufe of both Greece ...
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