The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1G. Virtue, 1899 |
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... person with an excess of valour which almost degenerated into rashness ; and they conjured him for the future to pay more regard to the preservation of a life , in which the safety of Rome and of the empire was involved . " veterans ...
... person with an excess of valour which almost degenerated into rashness ; and they conjured him for the future to pay more regard to the preservation of a life , in which the safety of Rome and of the empire was involved . " veterans ...
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... person of the philosophic warrior ; and his modest despatches were stigmatized as the vain and elaborate fictions of a loquacious Greek , a speculative soldier , who had studied the art of war amidst the groves of the academy . The ...
... person of the philosophic warrior ; and his modest despatches were stigmatized as the vain and elaborate fictions of a loquacious Greek , a speculative soldier , who had studied the art of war amidst the groves of the academy . The ...
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... person to the dangers of war , with the clear foreknowledge ( which I had acquired from the art of divination ) that I was destined to fall by the sword . I now offer my tribute of gratitude to the Eternal Being , who has not suffered ...
... person to the dangers of war , with the clear foreknowledge ( which I had acquired from the art of divination ) that I was destined to fall by the sword . I now offer my tribute of gratitude to the Eternal Being , who has not suffered ...
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