The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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Side 20
... subjects, removed from those distafl pos. seffions which they were unable to cultivate or defend, added strength and populousness to the southern side of the Danube. A fertile territory, which the repetition of barbarous inroads had ...
... subjects, removed from those distafl pos. seffions which they were unable to cultivate or defend, added strength and populousness to the southern side of the Danube. A fertile territory, which the repetition of barbarous inroads had ...
Side 27
... Roman people. But this subject would require a dissertation. ample X w Portifications of Rome. The vast inclOsure may seem dispro- ' C H A P. ample extent of pasture and arable OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. '57 Fortifications of Rome - -
... Roman people. But this subject would require a dissertation. ample X w Portifications of Rome. The vast inclOsure may seem dispro- ' C H A P. ample extent of pasture and arable OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. '57 Fortifications of Rome - -
Side 36
... subjects the same adoration that was paid to the successors of Cyrus. She bestowed on her three sons 5' a Latin education, and often shewed them to the troops adorned with the Imperial purple. For herself she reserved the diadem, with ...
... subjects the same adoration that was paid to the successors of Cyrus. She bestowed on her three sons 5' a Latin education, and often shewed them to the troops adorned with the Imperial purple. For herself she reserved the diadem, with ...
Side 38
... subject to her empire had joined the standard of the 6; At a place called Immaa. Eutropius, Sextus Rusus, and Jerome, mention only this firstv battle. 66 Vopiscus in Hifl. August. p. 217. mentions only the second. 07 Zosimus, l. i. p. ...
... subject to her empire had joined the standard of the 6; At a place called Immaa. Eutropius, Sextus Rusus, and Jerome, mention only this firstv battle. 66 Vopiscus in Hifl. August. p. 217. mentions only the second. 07 Zosimus, l. i. p. ...
Side 61
... subject of a proper candidate for the vacant throne. If we can prefer personal merit to accidental greatness,- we shall ,esteem the birth of Tacitus more truly noble than that of kings. He claimed his descent from the philosophic ...
... subject of a proper candidate for the vacant throne. If we can prefer personal merit to accidental greatness,- we shall ,esteem the birth of Tacitus more truly noble than that of kings. He claimed his descent from the philosophic ...
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