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... Macrinus , who , by his dexterity in business , had raised himself , with a fair character , to that high office . But his favour varied with the caprice of the emperor , and his life might depend on the slightest suspicion , or the ...
... Macrinus , who , by his dexterity in business , had raised himself , with a fair character , to that high office . But his favour varied with the caprice of the emperor , and his life might depend on the slightest suspicion , or the ...
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... Macrinus , whose well - dissembled grief removed all suspicion of his being accessory to his master's death . * The troops neither loved nor esteemed his character . They cast their eyes around in search of a competitor , and at last ...
... Macrinus , whose well - dissembled grief removed all suspicion of his being accessory to his master's death . * The troops neither loved nor esteemed his character . They cast their eyes around in search of a competitor , and at last ...
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... Macrinus had constrained them to pass the winter encamped , they were eager to revenge the cruelty of such unaccustomed hardships . The soldiers , who re- * Dion , 1. 78 , p . 1330. The abridgment of Xiphilin , though less par- ticular ...
... Macrinus had constrained them to pass the winter encamped , they were eager to revenge the cruelty of such unaccustomed hardships . The soldiers , who re- * Dion , 1. 78 , p . 1330. The abridgment of Xiphilin , though less par- ticular ...
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CHAPTER 1THE EXTENT AND MILITARY FORCE OF THE EMPIRE DI | 1 |
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