The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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... Danube to the con- fines of Persia and Ethiopia . His younger brother , Honorius , assumed , in the eleventh year of his age , the nominal government of Italy , Africa , Gaul , Spain , and Britain ; and the troops , which guarded the ...
... Danube to the con- fines of Persia and Ethiopia . His younger brother , Honorius , assumed , in the eleventh year of his age , the nominal government of Italy , Africa , Gaul , Spain , and Britain ; and the troops , which guarded the ...
Side 4
... Danube ; and the death of that general ( though he was slain in a skirmish with the barbarians ) was imputed to the perfidious arts of Rufinus . The sacrifice of a hero gratified his revenge ; the honours of the consulship elated his ...
... Danube ; and the death of that general ( though he was slain in a skirmish with the barbarians ) was imputed to the perfidious arts of Rufinus . The sacrifice of a hero gratified his revenge ; the honours of the consulship elated his ...
Side 31
... Danube were thrown.open ; the savage warriors of Scythia issued from their forests ; and the uncommon severity of the winter allowed the poet to remark , that they rolled their ponderous waggons over the broad and icy bank of the ...
... Danube were thrown.open ; the savage warriors of Scythia issued from their forests ; and the uncommon severity of the winter allowed the poet to remark , that they rolled their ponderous waggons over the broad and icy bank of the ...
Side 41
... Danube ; and reinforced his army with fresh swarms of barba- rians , before he again attempted to penetrate into the heart of Italy . Since the public and important events escape the diligence of the historian , he may amuse himself ...
... Danube ; and reinforced his army with fresh swarms of barba- rians , before he again attempted to penetrate into the heart of Italy . Since the public and important events escape the diligence of the historian , he may amuse himself ...
Side 58
... Danube and the Rhine . Their situation , and consequently their names , are mani- festly shewn , even in the various epithets which each ancient writer may have casually added . * The name of Rhadagast was that of a local deity of the ...
... Danube and the Rhine . Their situation , and consequently their names , are mani- festly shewn , even in the various epithets which each ancient writer may have casually added . * The name of Rhadagast was that of a local deity of the ...
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