The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1AMS Press, 1974 - 541 sider |
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... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , as- sumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those offices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the princi- pal families.38 Those of the provincials ...
... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , as- sumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those offices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the princi- pal families.38 Those of the provincials ...
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... favour ; the honour- able peace which he had recently granted to the barbarians diffused an universal joy ; 13 his impatience to revisit Rome was fondly ascribed to the love of his country ; and his dissolute course of amusements was ...
... favour ; the honour- able peace which he had recently granted to the barbarians diffused an universal joy ; 13 his impatience to revisit Rome was fondly ascribed to the love of his country ; and his dissolute course of amusements was ...
Side 152
... favour of the army , and secure the doubtful throne of Macrinus . The authority of the new sovereign had been ratified by the cheerful submission of the senate and provinces . They ex- ulted in their unexpected deliverance from a hated ...
... favour of the army , and secure the doubtful throne of Macrinus . The authority of the new sovereign had been ratified by the cheerful submission of the senate and provinces . They ex- ulted in their unexpected deliverance from a hated ...
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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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