The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3AMS Press, 1974 |
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... virtue is seldom exempt from ambition ; and the cause of the successful candidate is frequently stained by the guilt ... virtues had not left a deep impression in the Imperial court . During the season of prosperity , he had been ...
... virtue is seldom exempt from ambition ; and the cause of the successful candidate is frequently stained by the guilt ... virtues had not left a deep impression in the Imperial court . During the season of prosperity , he had been ...
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... virtue of the most suspicious relics . In the reign of the younger Theodosius , Lucian , 84 a presbyter of Jerusalem , and the ecclesiastical minister of the village of Caphargamala , about twenty miles from the city , related a very ...
... virtue of the most suspicious relics . In the reign of the younger Theodosius , Lucian , 84 a presbyter of Jerusalem , and the ecclesiastical minister of the village of Caphargamala , about twenty miles from the city , related a very ...
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... virtue ; to banish luxury from the court and from the camp ; to substitute in the place of the Barbarian mercenaries , an army of men interested in the defence of their laws and of their property ; to force , in such a moment of public ...
... virtue ; to banish luxury from the court and from the camp ; to substitute in the place of the Barbarian mercenaries , an army of men interested in the defence of their laws and of their property ; to force , in such a moment of public ...
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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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