The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1AMS Press, 1974 - 541 sider |
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... legions service many alterations and improvements . The legions , as emperors they are described by Polybius , in the time of the Punic wars , differed very materially from those which achieved the victories of Cæsar , or defended the ...
... legions service many alterations and improvements . The legions , as emperors they are described by Polybius , in the time of the Punic wars , differed very materially from those which achieved the victories of Cæsar , or defended the ...
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... legions ; the cavalry covered the flanks , and the military engines were placed in the rear . Such were the arts of war , by which the Roman emperors position of defended their extensive conquests , and preserved a military spirit , at ...
... legions ; the cavalry covered the flanks , and the military engines were placed in the rear . Such were the arts of war , by which the Roman emperors position of defended their extensive conquests , and preserved a military spirit , at ...
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... legions , the volunteers ( cohortes Italicae civium Romanorum voluntariorum ) , and of course the prætorian guards ... legions in Upper Germany , four in Lower Germany , three in Spain , two in Egypt , four in Syria , two in Pannonia ...
... legions , the volunteers ( cohortes Italicae civium Romanorum voluntariorum ) , and of course the prætorian guards ... legions in Upper Germany , four in Lower Germany , three in Spain , two in Egypt , four in Syria , two in Pannonia ...
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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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