The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1AMS Press, 1974 - 541 sider |
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... Rome . But the con- querors soon imitated the vanquished nations in the arts of flattery ; and the imperious spirit of the first Cæsar too easily consented to assume , during his life time , a place among the tutelar deities of Rome ...
... Rome . But the con- querors soon imitated the vanquished nations in the arts of flattery ; and the imperious spirit of the first Cæsar too easily consented to assume , during his life time , a place among the tutelar deities of Rome ...
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Edward Gibbon John Bagnell Bury. period , the emperors ceased to vanquish , and Rome ceased to be the capital of the empire . sence of the from Rome The spot on which Rome was founded had been consecrated Long ab by ancient ceremonies ...
Edward Gibbon John Bagnell Bury. period , the emperors ceased to vanquish , and Rome ceased to be the capital of the empire . sence of the from Rome The spot on which Rome was founded had been consecrated Long ab by ancient ceremonies ...
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... Rome . " To rival the majesty of Rome was the ambition likewise of Diocletian , who employed his leisure , and the wealth of the East , in the embellishment of Nicomedia , a city placed on the verge of Europe and Asia , almost at an ...
... Rome . " To rival the majesty of Rome was the ambition likewise of Diocletian , who employed his leisure , and the wealth of the East , in the embellishment of Nicomedia , a city placed on the verge of Europe and Asia , almost at an ...
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