The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1AMS Press, 1974 - 541 sider |
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... east shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their de- stroyers than on their benefactors , the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters . The praises of Alexander , transmitted by a ...
... east shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their de- stroyers than on their benefactors , the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters . The praises of Alexander , transmitted by a ...
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... East transaction of the Germans or of the Parthians , North his principal object is to relieve the attention of the reader from a uniform scene of vice and misery . From the reign of Augustus to the time of Alexander Severus , the ...
... East transaction of the Germans or of the Parthians , North his principal object is to relieve the attention of the reader from a uniform scene of vice and misery . From the reign of Augustus to the time of Alexander Severus , the ...
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... East on their way to Egypt passed through it . There are remarkable ruins at Petra which testify to its importance . Hadrian , as Gibbon explains , narrowed the boundaries of the Empire in the East ( it may be disputed whether he was ...
... East on their way to Egypt passed through it . There are remarkable ruins at Petra which testify to its importance . Hadrian , as Gibbon explains , narrowed the boundaries of the Empire in the East ( it may be disputed whether he was ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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