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Side 12
... retreat . In this im- ( 38 ) Claudian does not clearly answer our question , Where was Honorius himself ? Yet the flight is marked by the pursuit ; and my idea of the Gothic war is justified by the Italian critics , Sigonius ( tom . i ...
... retreat . In this im- ( 38 ) Claudian does not clearly answer our question , Where was Honorius himself ? Yet the flight is marked by the pursuit ; and my idea of the Gothic war is justified by the Italian critics , Sigonius ( tom . i ...
Side 13
... ( in Chron . ) and Jornandes ( de Reb . Get . c . 29. ) claim a decisive victory . Battle of A. D. 403 . Pollentia , March 29 . Boldness and retreat of Alaric . spoils of Corinth and CHAP . XXX . ] 13 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... ( in Chron . ) and Jornandes ( de Reb . Get . c . 29. ) claim a decisive victory . Battle of A. D. 403 . Pollentia , March 29 . Boldness and retreat of Alaric . spoils of Corinth and CHAP . XXX . ] 13 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 14
Edward Gibbon. Boldness and retreat of Alaric . spoils of Corinth and Argos enriched the veterans of the West ; the captive wife of Alaric , who had impatiently claimed his promise of Roman jewels and Patrician handmaids ( 46 ) , was ...
Edward Gibbon. Boldness and retreat of Alaric . spoils of Corinth and Argos enriched the veterans of the West ; the captive wife of Alaric , who had impatiently claimed his promise of Roman jewels and Patrician handmaids ( 46 ) , was ...
Side 15
... retreat , and the offer of a pension , with contempt and indignation ; but he exercised a limited and precarious authority over the independent chieftains , who had raised him , for their service , above , the rank of his equals ; they ...
... retreat , and the offer of a pension , with contempt and indignation ; but he exercised a limited and precarious authority over the independent chieftains , who had raised him , for their service , above , the rank of his equals ; they ...
Side 16
... retreat of the Barbarians , Honorius was di- rected to accept the dutiful invitation of the senate , and to cele- brate , in the Imperial city , the auspicious æra of the Gothic victory , and of his sixth consulship ( 53 ) . The suburbs ...
... retreat of the Barbarians , Honorius was di- rected to accept the dutiful invitation of the senate , and to cele- brate , in the Imperial city , the auspicious æra of the Gothic victory , and of his sixth consulship ( 53 ) . The suburbs ...
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