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... seem to have been serious conspiracies in Egypt , which demanded summary dealing . ] 40 Dion , 1. lxxvii . p . 1296 ... seems to be , that the Prætorian guards received twelve hundred and fifty drachmæ ( forty pounds ) a year . ( Dion ...
... seem to have been serious conspiracies in Egypt , which demanded summary dealing . ] 40 Dion , 1. lxxvii . p . 1296 ... seems to be , that the Prætorian guards received twelve hundred and fifty drachmæ ( forty pounds ) a year . ( Dion ...
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... seems to have insinu- ated the danger of presenting a leader of merit to the angry and apprehensive minds of the soldiers ; and his prediction was again confirmed by the event . The legions of Masia forced their judge to become their ...
... seems to have insinu- ated the danger of presenting a leader of merit to the angry and apprehensive minds of the soldiers ; and his prediction was again confirmed by the event . The legions of Masia forced their judge to become their ...
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... seems to have been preceded by another tyrant , L. Domitius Domitianus , whose reign was so short that he is not men- tioned by any writer , and his existence is only known by some coins , which puzzle numismatists . It has been ...
... seems to have been preceded by another tyrant , L. Domitius Domitianus , whose reign was so short that he is not men- tioned by any writer , and his existence is only known by some coins , which puzzle numismatists . It has been ...
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