The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand., 1782 |
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... ancient Romans , had been long fince forgotten . The writer who should undertake to relate the events of this period , would find himself obliged to enter into the general history of the Crusades , as far as they contributed to the ruin ...
... ancient Romans , had been long fince forgotten . The writer who should undertake to relate the events of this period , would find himself obliged to enter into the general history of the Crusades , as far as they contributed to the ruin ...
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... ancient tradition , that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings , the god Terminus ( who prefided over boundaries , and was reprefented according to the fashion of that age by a large ftone ) alone , among all the ...
... ancient tradition , that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings , the god Terminus ( who prefided over boundaries , and was reprefented according to the fashion of that age by a large ftone ) alone , among all the ...
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... ancient conftitution , were indifcriminate- ly admitted by Marius . See Salluft . de Bell . Jugurth . c . 91 . 31 Cæfar formed his legion Alauda , of Gauls and strangers : but it was during the licence of civil war ; and after the ...
... ancient conftitution , were indifcriminate- ly admitted by Marius . See Salluft . de Bell . Jugurth . c . 91 . 31 Cæfar formed his legion Alauda , of Gauls and strangers : but it was during the licence of civil war ; and after the ...
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... ancient hiftorian who had fought against them , that the effufion of blood was the only circum- stance which ... ancients that relate to the Roman legion . 39 Jofeph . de Bell . Judaico , 1. iii . c . 5. We are indebted to this Jew for ...
... ancient hiftorian who had fought against them , that the effufion of blood was the only circum- stance which ... ancients that relate to the Roman legion . 39 Jofeph . de Bell . Judaico , 1. iii . c . 5. We are indebted to this Jew for ...
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... ancient republic , of the nobleft youths of Rome and Italy , who , by performing their military service on horfeback , prepared themselves for the offices of senator and conful and folicited , by deeds of valour , the future fuffrages ...
... ancient republic , of the nobleft youths of Rome and Italy , who , by performing their military service on horfeback , prepared themselves for the offices of senator and conful and folicited , by deeds of valour , the future fuffrages ...
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