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... Ammianus has delineated his bloody figures with tedious and disgusting accuracy . But , as our attention is no longer engaged by the contrast of freedom and servitude , of recent greatness and of actual misery , we should turn with ...
... Ammianus has delineated his bloody figures with tedious and disgusting accuracy . But , as our attention is no longer engaged by the contrast of freedom and servitude , of recent greatness and of actual misery , we should turn with ...
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... Ammianus ( xxxi . 3 , 4 ) , Zosimus ( 1 . iv . p . 223 , 224 ) , Eunapius ( in Excerpt . Legat . p . 19 , 20 ) , and Jornandes ( c . 25 , 26 ) . Ammianus declares ( c . 5 ) that he means only ipsas rerum digerere summitates . But he ...
... Ammianus ( xxxi . 3 , 4 ) , Zosimus ( 1 . iv . p . 223 , 224 ) , Eunapius ( in Excerpt . Legat . p . 19 , 20 ) , and Jornandes ( c . 25 , 26 ) . Ammianus declares ( c . 5 ) that he means only ipsas rerum digerere summitates . But he ...
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... Ammianus Marcellinus , who terminates his useful work with the defeat and death of Valens , recommends the more glorious sub- ject of the ensuing reign to the youthful vigour and eloquence of the rising generation.116 The rising ...
... Ammianus Marcellinus , who terminates his useful work with the defeat and death of Valens , recommends the more glorious sub- ject of the ensuing reign to the youthful vigour and eloquence of the rising generation.116 The rising ...
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CHAPTER XXV | 1 |
The cause of the Gothic | 7 |
The two Eastern expeditions of Stilicho and his Illyric policy | 12 |
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