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... remained less ex- posed , whilst he inflicted a more dangerous wound on his adversary . The legion was usually drawn up eight deep ; and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files as well as ranks.48 A body of troops ...
... remained less ex- posed , whilst he inflicted a more dangerous wound on his adversary . The legion was usually drawn up eight deep ; and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files as well as ranks.48 A body of troops ...
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... remained imperfect , was divided into ten troops or squad- rons ; the first , as the companion of the first cohort , consisted of an hundred and thirty - two men ; whilst each of the other nine amounted only to sixty - six . The entire ...
... remained imperfect , was divided into ten troops or squad- rons ; the first , as the companion of the first cohort , consisted of an hundred and thirty - two men ; whilst each of the other nine amounted only to sixty - six . The entire ...
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... remained fixed and perma- nent , we may venture to describe the distribution of the troops . Three legions were sufficient for Britain . The principal strength lay upon the Rhine and Danube , and consisted of sixteen legions , in the ...
... remained fixed and perma- nent , we may venture to describe the distribution of the troops . Three legions were sufficient for Britain . The principal strength lay upon the Rhine and Danube , and consisted of sixteen legions , in the ...
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... remained the capital of a great monarchy . The kingdom of Macedonia , which , under the reign of Alexander , gave laws to Asia , derived more solid advantages from the policy of the two Philips ; and , with its dependencies of Epirus ...
... remained the capital of a great monarchy . The kingdom of Macedonia , which , under the reign of Alexander , gave laws to Asia , derived more solid advantages from the policy of the two Philips ; and , with its dependencies of Epirus ...
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... remained , however , very fashionable under his reign ( Ovid . de Art . Amand . 1. i . [ 77 ] ) and that of his successor , till the justice of Tiberius was provoked to some acts of severity . ( See Tacit . Annal . ii . 85 , Joseph ...
... remained , however , very fashionable under his reign ( Ovid . de Art . Amand . 1. i . [ 77 ] ) and that of his successor , till the justice of Tiberius was provoked to some acts of severity . ( See Tacit . Annal . ii . 85 , Joseph ...
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Side 86 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Side 1 - In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Side 191 - Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations, and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than ostentation.
Side 33 - Such was the mild spirit of antiquity, that the nations were less attentive to the difference than to the resemblance of their religious worship. The Greek, the Roman, and the Barbarian, as they met before their respective altars, easily persuaded themselves, that under various names, and with various ceremonies, they adored the same deities.
Side 84 - His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Side 58 - The olive, in the western world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was considered as the symbol. Two centuries after the foundation of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant ; it was naturalized in those countries ; and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul. The timid errors of the ancients, that it required a certain degree of heat, and could only flourish in the neighbourhood of the sea, were insensibly exploded by industry and experience.
Side 34 - Atheist under the sacerdotal robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to .assume; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.
Side 31 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Side 1 - ... of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the virtue and abilities of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines.
Side 55 - The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams.