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 4
... laws , the rusticity of his appearance and manner still betrayed in the most elevated fortune the meanness of his extraction . War was the only art which he professed . In a long course of service he had dis- tinguished himself on every ...
... laws , the rusticity of his appearance and manner still betrayed in the most elevated fortune the meanness of his extraction . War was the only art which he professed . In a long course of service he had dis- tinguished himself on every ...
Side 8
... laws . During the long series of trou- bles which agitated Gaul , from the reign of Gallienus to that of Diocletian , the condition of these servile peasants was peculiarly miserable ; and they experienced at once the complicated ...
... laws . During the long series of trou- bles which agitated Gaul , from the reign of Gallienus to that of Diocletian , the condition of these servile peasants was peculiarly miserable ; and they experienced at once the complicated ...
Side 23
... laws of hospitality , and with some difficulty avoided a war , by the promise that he would banish Mamgo to the uttermost parts of the west ; a punishment , as he described it , not less dreadful than death itself . Arme- nia was chosen ...
... laws of hospitality , and with some difficulty avoided a war , by the promise that he would banish Mamgo to the uttermost parts of the west ; a punishment , as he described it , not less dreadful than death itself . Arme- nia was chosen ...
Side 37
... laws their wisdom or caprice might suggest ; but those laws were ratified by the sanction of the se- nate . The model of ancient freedom was preserved in its deliberations and decrees ; and wise princes , who dies of and Her- a ...
... laws their wisdom or caprice might suggest ; but those laws were ratified by the sanction of the se- nate . The model of ancient freedom was preserved in its deliberations and decrees ; and wise princes , who dies of and Her- a ...
Side 39
... laws and public monuments . Such lofty epithets were sufficient to elate and satisfy the most excessive vanity ; and if the succes- sors of Diocletian still declined the title of king , it seems to have been the effect , not so much of ...
... laws and public monuments . Such lofty epithets were sufficient to elate and satisfy the most excessive vanity ; and if the succes- sors of Diocletian still declined the title of king , it seems to have been the effect , not so much of ...
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