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 1
... reign of Diocletian , and his three associates , Maximian , Gale- rius , and Constantius . - General re - establishment of order and tranquillity . The Persian war , victory , and triumph . - The new form of administration ...
... reign of Diocletian , and his three associates , Maximian , Gale- rius , and Constantius . - General re - establishment of order and tranquillity . The Persian war , victory , and triumph . - The new form of administration ...
Side 3
... reign ; and the emperor affected to confirm this favourable prepossession , by declaring , that , among all the virtues of his predecessors , he was the most ambitious of imitating the humane philosophy of Marcus Antoninus . The first ...
... reign ; and the emperor affected to confirm this favourable prepossession , by declaring , that , among all the virtues of his predecessors , he was the most ambitious of imitating the humane philosophy of Marcus Antoninus . The first ...
Side 7
... reign , following rather the na- tural order of the events , than the dates of a very doubt- ful chronology . A.D. 287 . the pea- sants of Gaul . The first exploit of Maximian , though it is State of mentioned in a few words by our ...
... reign , following rather the na- tural order of the events , than the dates of a very doubt- ful chronology . A.D. 287 . the pea- sants of Gaul . The first exploit of Maximian , though it is State of mentioned in a few words by our ...
Side 8
... reign of Gallienus to that of Diocletian , the condition of these servile peasants was peculiarly miserable ; and they experienced at once the complicated tyranny of their masters , of the barba- rians , of the soldiers , and of the ...
... reign of Gallienus to that of Diocletian , the condition of these servile peasants was peculiarly miserable ; and they experienced at once the complicated tyranny of their masters , of the barba- rians , of the soldiers , and of the ...
Side 9
... reign of Probus , their daring countrymen had con- structed squadrons of light brigantines , in which they incessantly ravaged the provinces adjacent to the ocean . " To repel these desultory incursions , it was found neces- sary to ...
... reign of Probus , their daring countrymen had con- structed squadrons of light brigantines , in which they incessantly ravaged the provinces adjacent to the ocean . " To repel these desultory incursions , it was found neces- sary to ...
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