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... received the religious worship of the troops . 37 See Gronovius de Pecunia vetere , l . iii . p . 120 , & c . The emperor Domitian raised the annual stipend of the legionaries to twelve pieces of gold , which , in his time , was ...
... received the religious worship of the troops . 37 See Gronovius de Pecunia vetere , l . iii . p . 120 , & c . The emperor Domitian raised the annual stipend of the legionaries to twelve pieces of gold , which , in his time , was ...
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... received letters from the one , and religion from the other.89 A sandy desert , alike destitute of wood and water , skirts along the doubtful confine of Syria , from the Euphrates to the Red Sea . The wandering life of the Arabs was ...
... received letters from the one , and religion from the other.89 A sandy desert , alike destitute of wood and water , skirts along the doubtful confine of Syria , from the Euphrates to the Red Sea . The wandering life of the Arabs was ...
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... received from the provinces attested rather the despotism than the servitude of Rome . But the con- querors soon ... received with a very faint murmur31 by the easy nature of Polytheism ; but it was received as an institution , not of ...
... received from the provinces attested rather the despotism than the servitude of Rome . But the con- querors soon ... received with a very faint murmur31 by the easy nature of Polytheism ; but it was received as an institution , not 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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