The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 21
... slaves , to the amount of four hundred thousand persons . This formidable emigration issued from the same coast of the Baltic , which had poured forth the myriads of the Cimbri and Teutones , to assault Rome and Italy in the vigour of ...
... slaves , to the amount of four hundred thousand persons . This formidable emigration issued from the same coast of the Baltic , which had poured forth the myriads of the Cimbri and Teutones , to assault Rome and Italy in the vigour of ...
Side 22
... slaves who would enlist ( 72 ) . By these efforts he pain- fully collected , from the subjects of a great empire , an army of thirty or forty thousand men , which , in the days of Scipio or Ca- millus , would have been instantly ...
... slaves who would enlist ( 72 ) . By these efforts he pain- fully collected , from the subjects of a great empire , an army of thirty or forty thousand men , which , in the days of Scipio or Ca- millus , would have been instantly ...
Side 25
... slaves , at the contemptible price of as many single pieces of gold ; but the difference of food and climate swept away great numbers of those unhappy strangers ; and it was observed , that the inhuman purchasers , instead of reaping ...
... slaves , at the contemptible price of as many single pieces of gold ; but the difference of food and climate swept away great numbers of those unhappy strangers ; and it was observed , that the inhuman purchasers , instead of reaping ...
Side 31
... slaves and dependents , and boldly marched to occupy the strong posts of the Pyrenæan mountains . This domestic insur- rection alarmed and perplexed the sovereign of Gaul and Britain ; and he was compelled to negotiate with some troops ...
... slaves and dependents , and boldly marched to occupy the strong posts of the Pyrenæan mountains . This domestic insur- rection alarmed and perplexed the sovereign of Gaul and Britain ; and he was compelled to negotiate with some troops ...
Side 48
... slaves , or granted , for a certain and stipulated rent , to the industrious farmer . The œconomical writers of anti- quity strenuously recommend the former method , wherever it may be practicable ; but if the object should be removed ...
... slaves , or granted , for a certain and stipulated rent , to the industrious farmer . The œconomical writers of anti- quity strenuously recommend the former method , wherever it may be practicable ; but if the object should be removed ...
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