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Edward Gibbon John Bagnell Bury. Freedom of Rome frequently prohibited ; the temples of Serapis and Isis de- molished , and their worshippers banished from Rome and Italy . " But the zeal of fanaticism prevailed over the cold and feeble ...
Edward Gibbon John Bagnell Bury. Freedom of Rome frequently prohibited ; the temples of Serapis and Isis de- molished , and their worshippers banished from Rome and Italy . " But the zeal of fanaticism prevailed over the cold and feeble ...
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... Rome . But the con- querors soon imitated the vanquished nations in the arts of flattery ; and the imperious spirit of the first Cæsar too easily consented to assume , during his life time , a place among the tutelar deities of Rome ...
... Rome . But the con- querors soon imitated the vanquished nations in the arts of flattery ; and the imperious spirit of the first Cæsar too easily consented to assume , during his life time , a place among the tutelar deities of Rome ...
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... Rome . To rival the majesty of Rome was the ambition likewise of Diocletian , who employed his leisure , and the wealth of the East , in the embellishment of Nicomedia , a city placed on the verge of Europe and Asia , almost at an equal ...
... Rome . To rival the majesty of Rome was the ambition likewise of Diocletian , who employed his leisure , and the wealth of the East , in the embellishment of Nicomedia , a city placed on the verge of Europe and Asia , almost at an equal ...
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A D | xxxvii |
Prefatory Note | xxxix |
Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Quarto Edition | xlv |
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