History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireSimon and Schuster, 18. jan. 2013 - 433 sider Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries. |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 75
Side
... honor far above their safety; and it is reported, that in a desperate action, when Theodoric himself was hurried along by the torrent of a flying crowd, she boldly met them at the entrance of the camp, and, by her generous reproaches ...
... honor far above their safety; and it is reported, that in a desperate action, when Theodoric himself was hurried along by the torrent of a flying crowd, she boldly met them at the entrance of the camp, and, by her generous reproaches ...
Side
... honors and emoluments, was confined to the Italians; and the people still preserved their dress and language, their laws and customs, their personal freedom, and two thirds of their landed property. It had been the object of Augustus to ...
... honors and emoluments, was confined to the Italians; and the people still preserved their dress and language, their laws and customs, their personal freedom, and two thirds of their landed property. It had been the object of Augustus to ...
Side
... honors of the world, he was blessed with an equal term of repose in the devout and studious solitude of Squillace. As the patron of the republic, it was the interest and duty of the Gothic king to cultivate the affections of the senate ...
... honors of the world, he was blessed with an equal term of repose in the devout and studious solitude of Squillace. As the patron of the republic, it was the interest and duty of the Gothic king to cultivate the affections of the senate ...
Side
... honors of martyrdom, and the fame of miracles. In the last hours of Boethius, he derived some comfort from the safety of his two sons, of his wife, and of his fatherinlaw, the venerable Symmachus. But the grief of Symmachus was ...
... honors of martyrdom, and the fame of miracles. In the last hours of Boethius, he derived some comfort from the safety of his two sons, of his wife, and of his fatherinlaw, the venerable Symmachus. But the grief of Symmachus was ...
Side
... honors; and his escape from some dangers which threatened his life was afterwards ascribed to the guardian angel who watches over the fate of kings. His long and laudable service in the Isaurian and Persian wars would not have preserved ...
... honors; and his escape from some dangers which threatened his life was afterwards ascribed to the guardian angel who watches over the fate of kings. His long and laudable service in the Isaurian and Persian wars would not have preserved ...
Innhold
Conquests Of Justinian Character Of Balisarius | |
State Of The Barbaric World | |
Last Victory And Death Of Belisarius Death Of Justinian | |
Idea Of The Roman Jurisprudence | |
State Of Italy Under The Lombards | |
Troubles In Persia | |
Ecclesiastical Discord | |
Succession And Characters Of The Greek Emperors | |
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1901 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1877 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1900 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
accepted action ancient appeared arms army arts Assyria authority Barbarians Belisarius bishops blood body brother camp capital character Chosroes Christian church citizens civil command condemned confined conqueror conquest Constantine Constantinople court danger daughter death defence East emperor empire enemy equal escaped example execution exposed eyes faith father fear five forces fortune four freedom friends gates gold Gothic Goths Greeks guards hand head honor hope horses human hundred Italy justice Justinian king labor land laws less lives master merit military mind monarch nature palace patriarch peace perhaps Persian person presence prince provinces rank reason received reduced reign religion respected restored revenge Roman Rome royal senate slaves soldiers soon sovereign spirit subjects succession successor supplied Theodoric thousand throne troops tyrant victory virtues walls youth