The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 2
... conquest of Constantinople , the judicious ge- neral soon abandoned an impracticable enterprise . In the midst of a divided court , and a discontented people , the emperor Arcadius was terrified by the aspect of the Gothic arms : but ...
... conquest of Constantinople , the judicious ge- neral soon abandoned an impracticable enterprise . In the midst of a divided court , and a discontented people , the emperor Arcadius was terrified by the aspect of the Gothic arms : but ...
Side 3
... conquest of Greece : but the hints and allusion of Claudian are so many rays of historic light . ( 6 ) Compare Herodotus ( 1. vii . c . 176. ) and Livy ( xxxvi . 15. ) . The narrow entrance of Greece was probably enlarged by each ...
... conquest of Greece : but the hints and allusion of Claudian are so many rays of historic light . ( 6 ) Compare Herodotus ( 1. vii . c . 176. ) and Livy ( xxxvi . 15. ) . The narrow entrance of Greece was probably enlarged by each ...
Side 9
... conquest of the provinces of Istria and Venetia , appear to have employed a considerable time . Unless his operations were extremely cautious and slow , the length of the in- terval would suggest a probable suspicion , that the Gothic ...
... conquest of the provinces of Istria and Venetia , appear to have employed a considerable time . Unless his operations were extremely cautious and slow , the length of the in- terval would suggest a probable suspicion , that the Gothic ...
Side 20
... conquests stretched from Corea far beyond the river Irtish . He vanquished , in the country to the north of the Caspian sea , the nation of the Huns ; and the new title of Khan , or Cagan , ex- pressed the fame and power which he ...
... conquests stretched from Corea far beyond the river Irtish . He vanquished , in the country to the north of the Caspian sea , the nation of the Huns ; and the new title of Khan , or Cagan , ex- pressed the fame and power which he ...
Side 30
... conquest , or rather submission , of Spain ; which yielded to the influence of regular and habitual subordination , and received the laws and magistrates of the Gallic præfecture . The only opposition which was made to the authority of ...
... conquest , or rather submission , of Spain ; which yielded to the influence of regular and habitual subordination , and received the laws and magistrates of the Gallic præfecture . The only opposition which was made to the authority of ...
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