The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireStrelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing, 6. nov. 2018 This huge and fundamental historical work covers the history of Western civilization from the beginning of the Roman Empire’s break, when the Nerva–Antonine dynasty came to power, till the end of the 16th century with the descriptions of Arab and Mongol conquests, so a period from 98 to 1590. The work contained six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776, volumes II and III were published in 1781, volumes IV, V, and VI in 1788–1789. Due to its comparative objectivity and extensive usage of primary sources, unusual for the time, the author’s methodology is considered to become an example for further historians, and Gibbon, thanks to this work, is called the first “contemporary historian of Ancient Rome”. |
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... army, and by alarming the fears of Commodus, exacted and obtained the minister's death, as the only redress of their grievances.[320] This presumption of a distant army, and their discovery of the weakness of government, was a sure ...
... army was at this time commanded by Septimius Severus, a native of Africa, who, in the gradual ascent of private honors, had concealed his daring ambition, which was never diverted from its steady course by the allurements of pleasure ...
... army from the banks of the Danube to those of the Tyber, proves at once the plenty of provisions produced by agriculture and commerce, the goodness of the roads, the discipline of the legions, and the indolent, subdued temper of the ...
... army maintained, indeed, a sharp and doubtful contest, with the hardy discipline of conquests. Two engagements,[413]the Asia[414] the Illyrian legions. The fame and person of Severus appeared, during a few moments, irrecoverably lost ...
... army, but of the finances, and the eldest son of the emperor, which seemed to assure his fortune, proved the occasion of his ruin.[438]The animosities of the palace, by irritating the ambition and alarming the fears of Plautianus,[439] ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |