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Side 38
The senate of Rome , losing all connexion with the imperial court , and the actual
constitution , was left a venerable but useless monument of antiquity on the
Capitoline - hill . When the Roman princes had lost sight of the gistracies senate
and ...
The senate of Rome , losing all connexion with the imperial court , and the actual
constitution , was left a venerable but useless monument of antiquity on the
Capitoline - hill . When the Roman princes had lost sight of the gistracies senate
and ...
Side 77
It may be presumed that an imperial lover was seldom reduced to sigh in vain ;
but , whenever persuasion proved ineffectual , he had recourse to violence ; and
there remains one • Zosimus , lib . 2. p . 83–85 . Aurelius Victor . * The passage of
...
It may be presumed that an imperial lover was seldom reduced to sigh in vain ;
but , whenever persuasion proved ineffectual , he had recourse to violence ; and
there remains one • Zosimus , lib . 2. p . 83–85 . Aurelius Victor . * The passage of
...
Side 373
He carried by assault the important town of Siscia ; made an attack on the city of
Sirmium , which lay in the rear of the imperial camp ; attempted to force a
passage over the Save into the eastern provinces of Illyricum ; and cut in pieces a
...
He carried by assault the important town of Siscia ; made an attack on the city of
Sirmium , which lay in the rear of the imperial camp ; attempted to force a
passage over the Save into the eastern provinces of Illyricum ; and cut in pieces a
...
Side 378
An imperial fleet acquired the easy possession of Africa and Spain ; confirmed
the wavering faith of the Moorish nations ; and landed a considerable force ,
which passed the Pyrenees , and advanced towards Lyons , the last and fatal
station of ...
An imperial fleet acquired the easy possession of Africa and Spain ; confirmed
the wavering faith of the Moorish nations ; and landed a considerable force ,
which passed the Pyrenees , and advanced towards Lyons , the last and fatal
station of ...
Side 434
... medals which issued from his imperial mint are impressed with the figures and
attributes of Jupiter and Apollo , of Mars and Hercules ; and his filial piety
increased the council of Olympus by the solemn apotheosis of his father
Constantius .
... medals which issued from his imperial mint are impressed with the figures and
attributes of Jupiter and Apollo , of Mars and Hercules ; and his filial piety
increased the council of Olympus by the solemn apotheosis of his father
Constantius .
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2: Complete in Eight Volumes |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Utgiver | G. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
| Original fra | Catalonia-biblioteket |
| Digitalisert | 30. mar 2009 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |