The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 79
Side 3
... important employments of the state . He was raised , by just degrees , to the station of master of the offices . In the exercise of his various funetions , so essentially connected with the whole system of civil government , he acquired ...
... important employments of the state . He was raised , by just degrees , to the station of master of the offices . In the exercise of his various funetions , so essentially connected with the whole system of civil government , he acquired ...
Side 4
... important posts of prefect of the east , and of prefect of Constanti- nople , were filled by Tatian , and his son Proculus ; whose united authority balanced , for some time , the ambition and favour of the master of the offices . The ...
... important posts of prefect of the east , and of prefect of Constanti- nople , were filled by Tatian , and his son Proculus ; whose united authority balanced , for some time , the ambition and favour of the master of the offices . The ...
Side 13
... important embassy , the dig- nity of the Roman name ; and after his return to Con- stantinople , his merit was rewarded by an intimate and honourable alliance with the imperial family . Theodo- sius had been prompted , by a pious motive ...
... important embassy , the dig- nity of the Roman name ; and after his return to Con- stantinople , his merit was rewarded by an intimate and honourable alliance with the imperial family . Theodo- sius had been prompted , by a pious motive ...
Side 14
... important trust ; and he claimed the guardianship of the two empires , during the mi- nority of Arcadius and Honorius . The first measure of his administration , or rather of his reign , displayed to 2 -Si bellica moles C Ingrueret ...
... important trust ; and he claimed the guardianship of the two empires , during the mi- nority of Arcadius and Honorius . The first measure of his administration , or rather of his reign , displayed to 2 -Si bellica moles C Ingrueret ...
Side 15
... important object of the inheritance consisted of the numerous legions , cohorts , and squadrons of Romans , or barbarians , whom the event of the civil war had united under the standard of Theodosius . The various multitudes of Europe ...
... important object of the inheritance consisted of the numerous legions , cohorts , and squadrons of Romans , or barbarians , whom the event of the civil war had united under the standard of Theodosius . The various multitudes of Europe ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1792 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1841 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1813 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Ætius Africa Alaric alliance ancient Anthemius Arcadius Arian arms army arts Attila Avitus barbarians bishop Burgundians Cæsar captive Carthage Catholics character Christian Chronicle Chrysostom church civil Claudian clergy Clovis command conqueror conquest Constantinople danger Danube death desert disgrace east Eccles emperor enemy epist eunuch exile expressed faith favour fortune Franks Gaul Genseric gold Gothic Goths Greek Gregory of Tours Hist historian Honorius honourable hundred Huns Idatius imperial Italy Jornandes king labour laws Majorian Marcellinus merit military ministers monarch monks nations noble Odoacer oppressed Orosius palace Panegyr patrician peace perhaps Placidia possession prefect prince Priscus Procopius provinces rank Ravenna reign republic Ricimer Roman Rome royal Rufinus ruin Saxons Scythia senate Sidonius slaves soldiers soon Sozomen Spain spirit Stilicho subjects success Suevi Theodoric Theodosius thousand throne Tillemont tion troops Valentinian valour Vandals victorious virtue Visigoths western empire zeal Zosimus