The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages, Volum 6Henry Smith Williams The Times, 1907 |
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... Ancient History in the University of Berlin THE words " The Age of the Roman Empire is a period better abused than known , " written by Theodor Mommsen half a century ago , no longer contain a truth . To his own illuminative and epoch ...
... Ancient History in the University of Berlin THE words " The Age of the Roman Empire is a period better abused than known , " written by Theodor Mommsen half a century ago , no longer contain a truth . To his own illuminative and epoch ...
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... ancient Rome , should have coldly turned aside from the period of imperial rule and cherished no desire to carry his history beyond the fall of the republic . Certainly it would be unjust to judge of his attitude towards the first ...
... ancient Rome , should have coldly turned aside from the period of imperial rule and cherished no desire to carry his history beyond the fall of the republic . Certainly it would be unjust to judge of his attitude towards the first ...
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... ancient times ; far more so than the Byzantine Empire or the Middle Ages . It is a period of transition , in which vast revolutions came about in politics and religion and the seed of a new civilisation was sown . Its true significance ...
... ancient times ; far more so than the Byzantine Empire or the Middle Ages . It is a period of transition , in which vast revolutions came about in politics and religion and the seed of a new civilisation was sown . Its true significance ...
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... ancient seats of civilisation . Under the sway of order , that " bounteous daughter of heaven , " the peaceful arts rose to fresh glory , and in the first century of the empire the province of Asia contained five hundred populous cities ...
... ancient seats of civilisation . Under the sway of order , that " bounteous daughter of heaven , " the peaceful arts rose to fresh glory , and in the first century of the empire the province of Asia contained five hundred populous cities ...
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... ancient or modern times , " so that Augustus could boast that he had found a city of brick and should leave a city of marble . In the provinces the improved government and administration of justice bred a condition of wealth and outward ...
... ancient or modern times , " so that Augustus could boast that he had found a city of brick and should leave a city of marble . In the provinces the improved government and administration of justice bred a condition of wealth and outward ...
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Side 308 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom.
Side 666 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
Side 668 - The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire.
Side 556 - Your lives!" replied the haughty conqueror. They trembled and retired. Yet, before they retired, a short suspension of arms was granted, which allowed some time for a more temperate negotiation.
Side 452 - The prospect of beauty, of safety, and of wealth, united in a single spot, was sufficient to justify the choice of Constantine. But as some decent mixture of prodigy and fable has, in every age, been supposed to reflect a becoming majesty on the origin of great...
Side 666 - ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE SECOND CENTURY, or the Age of the Antonines.
Side 566 - Whether fame, or conquest, or riches, were the object of Alaric, he pursued that object with an indefatigable ardour, which could neither be quelled by adversity, nor satiated by success. No sooner had he reached the extreme land of Italy, than he was attracted by the neighbouring prospect of a fair and peaceful island.
Side 562 - ... a messenger to inform the king of the treasure which he had discovered ; and received a peremptory order from Alaric, that all the consecrated plate and ornaments should be transported, without damage or delay, to the church of the apostle. From the extremity, perhaps, of the Quirinal hill, to the distant quarter of the Vatican, a numerous detachment of Goths, marching in order of battle through the principal streets, protected, with glittering arms, the long train of their devout companions,...
Side 454 - The magistrates of the most distant provinces were therefore directed to institute schools, to appoint professors, and, by the hopes of rewards and privileges, to engage in the study and practice of architecture a sufficient number of ingenious youths who had received a liberal...
Side 666 - HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE. From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius. With Chronological Tables, etc., for the use of Students.