The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 7
... kings , and the state of the Roman republic . Synesius the Eastern general of observes , and deplores , the fatal abuse ... king , had not condescended to form a practicable scheme , consistent with the temper , and circumstances , of a ...
... kings , and the state of the Roman republic . Synesius the Eastern general of observes , and deplores , the fatal abuse ... king , had not condescended to form a practicable scheme , consistent with the temper , and circumstances , of a ...
Side 8
... king of king of the Visigoths ( 23 ) . Armed with this double power , seated the Visigoths . on the verge of the two empires , he alternately sold his deceitful promises to the courts of Arcadius and Honorius ( 24 ) ; till he de- clared ...
... king of king of the Visigoths ( 23 ) . Armed with this double power , seated the Visigoths . on the verge of the two empires , he alternately sold his deceitful promises to the courts of Arcadius and Honorius ( 24 ) ; till he de- clared ...
Side 9
... king re- treated towards the banks of the Danube ; and reinforced his army with fresh swarms of Barbarians , before ... kings and of bishops ; his pleasures , his desires , his knowledge , were confined within the little circle of his ...
... king re- treated towards the banks of the Danube ; and reinforced his army with fresh swarms of Barbarians , before ... kings and of bishops ; his pleasures , his desires , his knowledge , were confined within the little circle of his ...
Side 10
... king . Without losing a moment ( while each moment was so important to the public safety ) , Stilicho hastily embarked on the Larian lake , ascended the mountains of ice and snow , amidst the severity of an Alpine winter , and suddenly ...
... king . Without losing a moment ( while each moment was so important to the public safety ) , Stilicho hastily embarked on the Larian lake , ascended the mountains of ice and snow , amidst the severity of an Alpine winter , and suddenly ...
Side 14
... king . His name is , indeed , branded with the reproachful epithets of pirate and robber , to which the conquerors of every age are so justly entitled ; but the poet of Stilicho is compelled to acknowledge , that Alaric possessed the ...
... king . His name is , indeed , branded with the reproachful epithets of pirate and robber , to which the conquerors of every age are so justly entitled ; but the poet of Stilicho is compelled to acknowledge , that Alaric possessed the ...
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Aetius Africa Alaric Alemanni alliance ambassadors ancient Anthemius Arian arms army arts Attila Auvergne Avitus Barbarians battle bishop Burgundians Cæsar captives Carthage Catholics character Christian Chronicle Chrysostom church Claudian clergy Clovis command conqueror conquest Constantinople danger Danube death desert disgrace Dubos Ecclés ecclesiastical emperor enemy epist exile faith favour Franks Gaul Genseric gold Gothic Goths Greek Gregory of Tours Hist historian Honorius honourable hundred Huns Idatius Imperial Italy Jornandes king kingdom labour Latin laws Majorian Marcellinus Mém merit Merovingian military monarch monks nations noble Odoacer oppressed Ostrogoths palace Panegyr patrician peace perhaps persecution Placidia possessed præfect prince Priscus Procopius Procopius de Bell provinces Ravenna reign republic Rhine Ricimer Roman Rome royal ruin savage Saxons Scythian senate Sidonius soon Spain spirit Stilicho subjects success Suevi Theodoric Theodosius thousand throne Tillemont tion troops Valentinian valour Vandals victorious virtue Visigoths Western empire zeal Zosimus