The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3AMS Press, 1974 |
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... soon decided in his favour the event of the civil war . In a season of tranquillity , Sallust had resigned without a murmur ; but , as soon as the public safety was at- tacked , he ambitiously solicited the pre - eminence of toil and ...
... soon decided in his favour the event of the civil war . In a season of tranquillity , Sallust had resigned without a murmur ; but , as soon as the public safety was at- tacked , he ambitiously solicited the pre - eminence of toil and ...
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... soon diffused over the adjacent country ; and , while it filled the minds of the Romans with terror and dismay , their own hasty prudence contributed to increase the forces of Fritigern and the calamities of the province . Some time ...
... soon diffused over the adjacent country ; and , while it filled the minds of the Romans with terror and dismay , their own hasty prudence contributed to increase the forces of Fritigern and the calamities of the province . Some time ...
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... soon reduced to their just value . negotiations procured a short and precarious truce ; and , if some tribes of the barbarians were engaged , by the liberality of his gifts and promises , to undertake the defence of the Rhine , these ...
... soon reduced to their just value . negotiations procured a short and precarious truce ; and , if some tribes of the barbarians were engaged , by the liberality of his gifts and promises , to undertake the defence of the Rhine , these ...
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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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