The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 4
... soldiers might have successfully defended a temporary intrenchment of five or six miles from the Ionian to the Ægean sea . The confidence of the cities of Peloponnesus in their natural ram- part , had tempted them to neglect the care of ...
... soldiers might have successfully defended a temporary intrenchment of five or six miles from the Ionian to the Ægean sea . The confidence of the cities of Peloponnesus in their natural ram- part , had tempted them to neglect the care of ...
Side 6
... soldiers , deserting their standards , spread themselves over the country of their ' allies , which they stripped of all that had been saved from the rapacious hands of the enemy . Alaric appears to have seized the favourable moment to ...
... soldiers , deserting their standards , spread themselves over the country of their ' allies , which they stripped of all that had been saved from the rapacious hands of the enemy . Alaric appears to have seized the favourable moment to ...
Side 13
... soldiers , surmounted every obstacle . In the evening of the bloody day , the Goths retreated from the field of battle ; the entrenchments of their camp were forced , and the scene of rapine and slaughter made some atonement for the ...
... soldiers , surmounted every obstacle . In the evening of the bloody day , the Goths retreated from the field of battle ; the entrenchments of their camp were forced , and the scene of rapine and slaughter made some atonement for the ...
Side 23
... soldier , the leader of a disciplined army ; who understood the laws of war , who respected the sanctity of treaties , and who had familiarly conversed with the subjects of the empire in the same camps , and the same churches . The ...
... soldier , the leader of a disciplined army ; who understood the laws of war , who respected the sanctity of treaties , and who had familiarly conversed with the subjects of the empire in the same camps , and the same churches . The ...
Side 24
... soldier of the Christian army was killed , or even wounded , may be dismissed with silent contempt ; but the rest of ... soldiers , Tuscany could supply many thousand peasants , who would labour , though , perhaps , they would not fight ...
... soldier of the Christian army was killed , or even wounded , may be dismissed with silent contempt ; but the rest of ... soldiers , Tuscany could supply many thousand peasants , who would labour , though , perhaps , they would not fight ...
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