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... Severus against Niger and against Albinus Conduct of the two Civil Wars Arts of Severus Towards Niger Towards Albinus ... ... ... Event of the Civil Wars ... Decided by one or two Battles Siege of Byzantium ... Death of Niger and ...
... Severus against Niger and against Albinus Conduct of the two Civil Wars Arts of Severus Towards Niger Towards Albinus ... ... ... Event of the Civil Wars ... Decided by one or two Battles Siege of Byzantium ... Death of Niger and ...
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... Severus for depriving the Roman people of the strongest bulwark against the barbarians of Pontus and Asia.58 The truth of this observation was but too well justified in the succeeding age , when the Gothic fleets covered the Euxine ...
... Severus for depriving the Roman people of the strongest bulwark against the barbarians of Pontus and Asia.58 The truth of this observation was but too well justified in the succeeding age , when the Gothic fleets covered the Euxine ...
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... Severus , assumed the title of his colonies , and attested by public monuments their gratitude and felicity.63 The fame of the Roman arms was revived by that warlike and successful emperor , and he boasted , with a just pride , that ...
... Severus , assumed the title of his colonies , and attested by public monuments their gratitude and felicity.63 The fame of the Roman arms was revived by that warlike and successful emperor , and he boasted , with a just pride , that ...
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Prefatory Note | xxxix |
Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Quarto Edition | xlv |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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