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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... Constantinople , and the establishment of the Christian religion , were the im- mediate and memorable consequences of this revolution . The CHAP . XV . progress of the Christian religion , and the sentiments , manners , numbers , and ...
... Constantinople , and the establishment of the Christian religion , were the im- mediate and memorable consequences of this revolution . The CHAP . XV . progress of the Christian religion , and the sentiments , manners , numbers , and ...
Side 259
... Constantinople . - Political system of Constantine and his successors . Military discipline . - The palace . - The finances . THE unfortunate Licinius was the last rival who opposed the greatness , and the last captive who adorned the a ...
... Constantinople . - Political system of Constantine and his successors . Military discipline . - The palace . - The finances . THE unfortunate Licinius was the last rival who opposed the greatness , and the last captive who adorned the a ...
Side 262
... Constantinople , tinople . the figure of the imperial city may be represented under that of an unequal triangle . The obtuse point , which advances towards the east and the shores of Asia , meets and repels the waves of the Thracian ...
... Constantinople , tinople . the figure of the imperial city may be represented under that of an unequal triangle . The obtuse point , which advances towards the east and the shores of Asia , meets and repels the waves of the Thracian ...
Side 263
... Constantinople . The Bosphorus , as it begins to open into the Propontis , passes between Byzantium and Chalcedon . The latter of those cities was built by the Greeks , a few years before the former ; and the blindness of its founders ...
... Constantinople . The Bosphorus , as it begins to open into the Propontis , passes between Byzantium and Chalcedon . The latter of those cities was built by the Greeks , a few years before the former ; and the blindness of its founders ...
Side 264
... Constantinople . The river Lycus , formed by the conflux of two little streams , pours into the harbour a perpetual supply of fresh water , which serves to cleanse the bottom , and to invite the periodical shoals of fish to seek their ...
... Constantinople . The river Lycus , formed by the conflux of two little streams , pours into the harbour a perpetual supply of fresh water , which serves to cleanse the bottom , and to invite the periodical shoals of fish to seek their ...
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