The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... virtue ; to banish luxury from the court and from the camp ; to substitute , in the place of the Bar- barian mercenaries , an army of men , interested in the defence of their laws and of their property ; to force , in such a moment of ...
... virtue ; to banish luxury from the court and from the camp ; to substitute , in the place of the Bar- barian mercenaries , an army of men , interested in the defence of their laws and of their property ; to force , in such a moment of ...
Side 13
... virtue , has omitted the mention of his name . His death was followed by the flight and dismay of the squadrons which he commanded ; and the defeat of the wing of cavalry might have decided the victory of Alaric , if Stilicho had not ...
... virtue , has omitted the mention of his name . His death was followed by the flight and dismay of the squadrons which he commanded ; and the defeat of the wing of cavalry might have decided the victory of Alaric , if Stilicho had not ...
Side 34
... virtue and freedom subsided ; and the sum of four thousand pounds of gold was granted , under the name of a subsidy , to se- cure the peace of Italy , and to conciliate the friendship of the king of the Goths . Lampadius alone , one of ...
... virtue and freedom subsided ; and the sum of four thousand pounds of gold was granted , under the name of a subsidy , to se- cure the peace of Italy , and to conciliate the friendship of the king of the Goths . Lampadius alone , one of ...
Side 38
... virtues . * ( 114 ) At the nuptials of Orpheus ( a modest comparison ! ) all the parts of animated nature con- tributed their various gifts ; and the gods themselves enriched their favourite . Claudian had nei- ther flocks , nor herds ...
... virtues . * ( 114 ) At the nuptials of Orpheus ( a modest comparison ! ) all the parts of animated nature con- tributed their various gifts ; and the gods themselves enriched their favourite . Claudian had nei- ther flocks , nor herds ...
Side 40
... virtues of Claudian . He was endowed with the rare and precious talent of raising the meanest , of adorning the most barren , and of diversifying the most similar , topics : his colouring , more especially in descriptive poetry , is ...
... virtues of Claudian . He was endowed with the rare and precious talent of raising the meanest , of adorning the most barren , and of diversifying the most similar , topics : his colouring , more especially in descriptive poetry , is ...
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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