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Side 11
... soldiers possessed when they were first allured from their native homes to enlist under thy standard ? Each of them was then master of three or four horses ; they now follow thee on foot like slaves , through the deserts of Thrace ...
... soldiers possessed when they were first allured from their native homes to enlist under thy standard ? Each of them was then master of three or four horses ; they now follow thee on foot like slaves , through the deserts of Thrace ...
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... soldiers . A treaty of peace was negotiated by the bishop of Ravenna ; the Ostrogoths were admitted into the city , and the hostile kings consented , under the sanction of an oath , to rule with equal and undivided authority the pro ...
... soldiers . A treaty of peace was negotiated by the bishop of Ravenna ; the Ostrogoths were admitted into the city , and the hostile kings consented , under the sanction of an oath , to rule with equal and undivided authority the pro ...
Side 17
... soldiers , is honourably arraigned as the sole injustice of his life . And even this act may be fairly justified by the example of Odoacer , the rights of conquest , the true interest of the Italians , and the sacred duty of subsisting ...
... soldiers , is honourably arraigned as the sole injustice of his life . And even this act may be fairly justified by the example of Odoacer , the rights of conquest , the true interest of the Italians , and the sacred duty of subsisting ...
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... soldiers , who were maintained for the pub- lic defence . They held their lands and benefices as a military stipend ; at the sound of the trumpet they were prepared to march under the conduct of their provincial officers ; and the whole ...
... soldiers , who were maintained for the pub- lic defence . They held their lands and benefices as a military stipend ; at the sound of the trumpet they were prepared to march under the conduct of their provincial officers ; and the whole ...
Side 24
... soldiers , might have gradually arisen from the mutual emulation of their respective virtues . But the sublime merit of guiding or seconding such a revolution , was not re- served for the reign of Theodoric : he wanted either the genius ...
... soldiers , might have gradually arisen from the mutual emulation of their respective virtues . But the sublime merit of guiding or seconding such a revolution , was not re- served for the reign of Theodoric : he wanted either the genius ...
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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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