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... gold . The royal hostage was educated at Constantinople with care and tenderness . His body was formed to all the exercises of war , his mind was expanded by the habits of liberal conversation ; he frequented the schools of the most ...
... gold . The royal hostage was educated at Constantinople with care and tenderness . His body was formed to all the exercises of war , his mind was expanded by the habits of liberal conversation ; he frequented the schools of the most ...
Side 9
... gold and silver of many thousand pounds , the name of son , and the promise of a rich and honourable wife . As long as Theodoric condescended to serve , he supported with courage and fidelity the cause of his benefactor : his rapid ...
... gold and silver of many thousand pounds , the name of son , and the promise of a rich and honourable wife . As long as Theodoric condescended to serve , he supported with courage and fidelity the cause of his benefactor : his rapid ...
Side 11
... gold with a bushel , those brave men who are as free and as noble as thyself . A language so well suited to the temper of the Goths , excited clamour and discontent ; and the son of Theo- demir apprehensive of being left alone , was ...
... gold with a bushel , those brave men who are as free and as noble as thyself . A language so well suited to the temper of the Goths , excited clamour and discontent ; and the son of Theo- demir apprehensive of being left alone , was ...
Side 12
... gold , with the ample pay of thirteen thousand men , were required for the least con- siderable of their armies ; and the Isaurians , who guarded not the empire , but the emperor , enjoyed , be- sides the privilege of rapine , an annual ...
... gold , with the ample pay of thirteen thousand men , were required for the least con- siderable of their armies ; and the Isaurians , who guarded not the empire , but the emperor , enjoyed , be- sides the privilege of rapine , an annual ...
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... gold must have been drained to erect the colossal amphitheatre of Titus . ' From the mouths of fourteen aqueducts , a pure and copious stream was diffused into every part of the city ; among these the Claudian water , which arose at the ...
... gold must have been drained to erect the colossal amphitheatre of Titus . ' From the mouths of fourteen aqueducts , a pure and copious stream was diffused into every part of the city ; among these the Claudian water , which arose at the ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [With a ..., Volum 5 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1825 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 5: Complete in ... Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1825 |
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