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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... 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 frontier of the empire ; and , though his ...
... 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 frontier of the empire ; and , though his ...
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... manners . He suppressed the peasants of Gaul , who , under the appellation of Bagaudæ , had risen in a general insurrection ; very similar to those which , in the fourteenth century , suc- cessively afflicted both France and England ...
... manners . He suppressed the peasants of Gaul , who , under the appellation of Bagaudæ , had risen in a general insurrection ; very similar to those which , in the fourteenth century , suc- cessively afflicted both France and England ...
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... manner , that he encountered the whole force of the prefect with a small body of harassed and disheartened troops . The engagement was soon terminated by the total defeat and death of Allectus : a single battle , as it has often ...
... manner , that he encountered the whole force of the prefect with a small body of harassed and disheartened troops . The engagement was soon terminated by the total defeat and death of Allectus : a single battle , as it has often ...
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... manners and independence . Among the provincials , it was a subject of flattering exultation , that the barbarian , so . lately an object of terror , now culti- vated their lands , drove their cattle to the neighbouring fair , and ...
... manners and independence . Among the provincials , it was a subject of flattering exultation , that the barbarian , so . lately an object of terror , now culti- vated their lands , drove their cattle to the neighbouring fair , and ...
Side 17
... manner , that the quinque gentiani , or five African nations , were the five great cities , the Pentapolis of the inoffensive province of Cyrene . After his defeat , Julian stabbed himself with a dagger , and immediately leaped into the ...
... manner , that the quinque gentiani , or five African nations , were the five great cities , the Pentapolis of the inoffensive province of Cyrene . After his defeat , Julian stabbed himself with a dagger , and immediately leaped into the ...
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