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 Hooper & Jackson, Limited, 1907 |
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Side 25
... arms to the slave market at Eporedia ( Ivrea ) . In the year 15 B.C. the free races of Rætia , Vindelicia , and Noricum were conquered , from the Lake of Constance and the Valley of the Inn to the Adriatic ; and Tiberius led his legions ...
... arms to the slave market at Eporedia ( Ivrea ) . In the year 15 B.C. the free races of Rætia , Vindelicia , and Noricum were conquered , from the Lake of Constance and the Valley of the Inn to the Adriatic ; and Tiberius led his legions ...
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... arms , prosecuted the attack until all men capable of bearing arms had fallen in the fray , and the women , old men , and children had perished either in the flames of the burning town or by their own hands . In a very short time strong ...
... arms , prosecuted the attack until all men capable of bearing arms had fallen in the fray , and the women , old men , and children had perished either in the flames of the burning town or by their own hands . In a very short time strong ...
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... arms , even under the vilest of the emperors . Having restored discipline among the legions , he victoriously invaded the mountain country , took its principal towns , Artaxata and Tigranocerta , and set up a certain Tigranes as a Roman ...
... arms , even under the vilest of the emperors . Having restored discipline among the legions , he victoriously invaded the mountain country , took its principal towns , Artaxata and Tigranocerta , and set up a certain Tigranes as a Roman ...
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... arms by long disuse , were none the less hard to rule . A great proportion of the fertile land was the private property of the prince , as it has been down to our own times ; but this very proprietorship , coupled with the excitable ...
... arms by long disuse , were none the less hard to rule . A great proportion of the fertile land was the private property of the prince , as it has been down to our own times ; but this very proprietorship , coupled with the excitable ...
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... arms , implements , and accoutrements ; but he retained perhaps a larger proportion of it than the pocket money of ... arm of the imperial government , was reserved for the same hand which was destined to fix the peace of the empire on a ...
... arms , implements , and accoutrements ; but he retained perhaps a larger proportion of it than the pocket money of ... arm of the imperial government , was reserved for the same hand which was destined to fix the peace of the empire on a ...
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Side 310 - 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 668 - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
Side 670 - The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire.
Side 558 - 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 454 - 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 668 - ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE SECOND CENTURY, or the Age of the Antonines.
Side 568 - 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 564 - ... 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 456 - 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 668 - HISTORY OF ROMAN LITERATURE. From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius. With Chronological Tables, etc., for the use of Students.