The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3Cadell & Davies; J. Johnson; F. & C. Rivington; ... [and 32 others], 1807 |
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... still remark a very fingular fragment of antiquity ; the bodies of three ferpents , twisted into one pillar of brafs . Their triple heads had once fup- ported the golden tripod which , after the defeat of Xerxes , was confecrated in the ...
... still remark a very fingular fragment of antiquity ; the bodies of three ferpents , twisted into one pillar of brafs . Their triple heads had once fup- ported the golden tripod which , after the defeat of Xerxes , was confecrated in the ...
Side 22
... still serves as a place of exercise for their horses . From the throne , whence the emperor viewed the Circenfian games , a winding staircase " 9 de- fcended to the palace ; a magnificent edifice , which scarcely yielded to the ...
... still serves as a place of exercise for their horses . From the throne , whence the emperor viewed the Circenfian games , a winding staircase " 9 de- fcended to the palace ; a magnificent edifice , which scarcely yielded to the ...
Side 23
Edward Gibbon. Y celebrate the baths , which still retained the name CHA P. of Zeuxippus , after they had been enriched , by XVII . the munificence of Conftantine , with lofty co- lumns , various marbles , and above threescore ftatues of ...
Edward Gibbon. Y celebrate the baths , which still retained the name CHA P. of Zeuxippus , after they had been enriched , by XVII . the munificence of Conftantine , with lofty co- lumns , various marbles , and above threescore ftatues of ...
Side 30
... still perpetuates the fame of its author 70 . 69 The foundation of a new capital is naturally connected with the establishment of a new form of civil and military administration . The diftin & t view of the complicated fyftem of policy ...
... still perpetuates the fame of its author 70 . 69 The foundation of a new capital is naturally connected with the establishment of a new form of civil and military administration . The diftin & t view of the complicated fyftem of policy ...
Side 35
... still elected by the real or apparent fuffrage of the fe- nate . From the reign of Diocletian , even these vestiges of liberty were abolished , and the fuc- cefsful candidates who were invested with the annual honours of the confulfhip ...
... still elected by the real or apparent fuffrage of the fe- nate . From the reign of Diocletian , even these vestiges of liberty were abolished , and the fuc- cefsful candidates who were invested with the annual honours of the confulfhip ...
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