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
... east and of the west . Maximian was born a peasant , and , like Aurelian , in the territory of Sirmium . Ignorant of letters , " careless of laws , the rusticity of his appearance and manner still betrayed in the most elevated fortune ...
... east and of the west . Maximian was born a peasant , and , like Aurelian , in the territory of Sirmium . Ignorant of letters , " careless of laws , the rusticity of his appearance and manner still betrayed in the most elevated fortune ...
Side 14
... east he fixed a line of camps , from Egypt to the Per- sian dominions , and for every camp he instituted an adequate number of stationary troops , commanded by their respective officers , and supplied with every kind of arms , from the ...
... east he fixed a line of camps , from Egypt to the Per- sian dominions , and for every camp he instituted an adequate number of stationary troops , commanded by their respective officers , and supplied with every kind of arms , from the ...
Side 24
... eastern romance , describes the giants and the elephants that fell beneath his invincible arm . It is from other ... east . " War be- Persians Neither prudence nor honour could permit the tween the emperors to forsake the cause of ...
... eastern romance , describes the giants and the elephants that fell beneath his invincible arm . It is from other ... east . " War be- Persians Neither prudence nor honour could permit the tween the emperors to forsake the cause of ...
Side 28
... east anxiously expected the deci- Negotia- tion for sion of this great contest , the emperor having as- sembled in Syria a strong army of observation , displayed from a distance the resources of the Roman power , and reserved himself ...
... east anxiously expected the deci- Negotia- tion for sion of this great contest , the emperor having as- sembled in Syria a strong army of observation , displayed from a distance the resources of the Roman power , and reserved himself ...
Side 29
... eastern allegory , by observing that the Roman and Persian monarchies were the two eyes of the world , which would ... east , and proposed to reduce Persia into the state of a pro- vince . The prudence of the latter , who adhered tion ...
... eastern allegory , by observing that the Roman and Persian monarchies were the two eyes of the world , which would ... east , and proposed to reduce Persia into the state of a pro- vince . The prudence of the latter , who adhered tion ...
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