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... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , as- sumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those offices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the princi- pal families.38 Those of the provincials ...
... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , as- sumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those offices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the princi- pal families.38 Those of the provincials ...
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... favour which implied a distinction was lost in the The free- prodigality of Caracalla , and the reluctant provincials were city given compelled to assume the vain title and the real obligations of Roman citizens . Nor was the rapacious ...
... favour which implied a distinction was lost in the The free- prodigality of Caracalla , and the reluctant provincials were city given compelled to assume the vain title and the real obligations of Roman citizens . Nor was the rapacious ...
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... favour of Maxentius , and drew after him the most considerable part of the troops , accustomed to obey his commands . Rome , according to the expression of an orator , recalled her armies , and the unfortunate Severus , destitute of ...
... favour of Maxentius , and drew after him the most considerable part of the troops , accustomed to obey his commands . Rome , according to the expression of an orator , recalled her armies , and the unfortunate Severus , destitute of ...
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A D | xxxvii |
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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