The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 32
... capital of the Medes . " IV . The country of Iberia was barren , its inhabitants rude and savage : but they were accustomed to the use of arms , and they separated from the empire barbarians much fiercer and more formidable than ...
... capital of the Medes . " IV . The country of Iberia was barren , its inhabitants rude and savage : but they were accustomed to the use of arms , and they separated from the empire barbarians much fiercer and more formidable than ...
Side 34
... capital was gradually annihilated in the extent of conquest ; the provinces rose to the same level , and the vanquished nations acquired the name and privileges , without imbibing the partial affections , of Romans . During a long ...
... capital was gradually annihilated in the extent of conquest ; the provinces rose to the same level , and the vanquished nations acquired the name and privileges , without imbibing the partial affections , of Romans . During a long ...
Side 35
... capital ; nor did it seem oppressed even by the proximity of Rome . To rival the majesty of media . Rome was the ambition likewise of Diocletian , who employed his leisure , and the wealth of the east , in the embellishment of Nicomedia ...
... capital ; nor did it seem oppressed even by the proximity of Rome . To rival the majesty of media . Rome was the ambition likewise of Diocletian , who employed his leisure , and the wealth of the east , in the embellishment of Nicomedia ...
Side 36
... capital of the empire . Even on that memorable occa- sion his stay did not exceed two months . Disgusted with the licentious familiarity of the people , he quitted Rome with precipitation thirteen days before it was ex- pected that he ...
... capital of the empire . Even on that memorable occa- sion his stay did not exceed two months . Disgusted with the licentious familiarity of the people , he quitted Rome with precipitation thirteen days before it was ex- pected that he ...
Side 38
... capital , they for ever laid aside the dissimulation which Augustus had recommended to his successors . In the exercise of the legislative as well as the executive power , the sovereign advised with his ministers , instead of consulting ...
... capital , they for ever laid aside the dissimulation which Augustus had recommended to his successors . In the exercise of the legislative as well as the executive power , the sovereign advised with his ministers , instead of consulting ...
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