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Side 14
... walls of Verona . In the neighbourhood of that city , on the steep banks of the rapid Adige , he was opposed by a new army , reinforced in its numbers , and not impaired in its courage ; the contest was more obstinate , but the event ...
... walls of Verona . In the neighbourhood of that city , on the steep banks of the rapid Adige , he was opposed by a new army , reinforced in its numbers , and not impaired in its courage ; the contest was more obstinate , but the event ...
Side 28
... walls A similar care was extended to and public edifices . the statues of metal or marble , of men or animals . The r Cassiodorius describes , in this pompous style , the forum of Trajan , ( Var . 7. 6. ) the theatre of Marcellus ( c ...
... walls A similar care was extended to and public edifices . the statues of metal or marble , of men or animals . The r Cassiodorius describes , in this pompous style , the forum of Trajan , ( Var . 7. 6. ) the theatre of Marcellus ( c ...
Side 47
... walls of a city , whose inhabitants , particularly the blue faction , were artfully incensed against him by the remembrance even of his pious hos- His virtues are praised by Procopius . ( Persic . lib . 1. e . 11. ) The quæstor Pro ...
... walls of a city , whose inhabitants , particularly the blue faction , were artfully incensed against him by the remembrance even of his pious hos- His virtues are praised by Procopius . ( Persic . lib . 1. e . 11. ) The quæstor Pro ...
Side 90
... walls of the city , consisting of an hexa- gon mirror of polished brass , with many smaller and moveable polygons to receive and reflect the rays of the meridian sun ; and a consuming flame was darted , to the distance , perhaps , of ...
... walls of the city , consisting of an hexa- gon mirror of polished brass , with many smaller and moveable polygons to receive and reflect the rays of the meridian sun ; and a consuming flame was darted , to the distance , perhaps , of ...
Side 91
... walls or windows of their contigu- In the siege of Syracuse , by the silence of Polybius , Plutarch , Livy ; in the siege of Constantinople , by that of Marcellinus , and all the contemporaries of the sixth century . Without any ...
... walls or windows of their contigu- In the siege of Syracuse , by the silence of Polybius , Plutarch , Livy ; in the siege of Constantinople , by that of Marcellinus , and all the contemporaries of the sixth century . Without any ...
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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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