The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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... first gave way, oppressed by numbers, and dismayed by misfortunes. Their ruin was inevitable, had 'not the abilities of their emperor prepared a seasonable relief. A large detachment rising out of the secret and difficult passes of the ...
... first gave way, oppressed by numbers, and dismayed by misfortunes. Their ruin was inevitable, had 'not the abilities of their emperor prepared a seasonable relief. A large detachment rising out of the secret and difficult passes of the ...
Side 20
... first notions of agriculture, the usesul arts, and the conveniences of civilised life. 'An intercourse of. commerce and language was gradually established between the opposite banks of the Danube; and after Dahia became an independent ...
... first notions of agriculture, the usesul arts, and the conveniences of civilised life. 'An intercourse of. commerce and language was gradually established between the opposite banks of the Danube; and after Dahia became an independent ...
Side 21
... first objects of their avarice '4 See the first chapter of Jornandes. The Vandals however (32. 22.) maintained a short independence between the rivers Marisia and Criffia (Maros and Keres) which fell into the Teiss. 25 Dexippus, p. 7-12 ...
... first objects of their avarice '4 See the first chapter of Jornandes. The Vandals however (32. 22.) maintained a short independence between the rivers Marisia and Criffia (Maros and Keres) which fell into the Teiss. 25 Dexippus, p. 7-12 ...
Side 25
... first, fought near Placentia,_ the Romans received so severe a blow, that, according to the expression ssof a writer extremely partial to Aurelian, the 'immediate dissolution of the empire was apprehended3-5. The crafty barbarians, who ...
... first, fought near Placentia,_ the Romans received so severe a blow, that, according to the expression ssof a writer extremely partial to Aurelian, the 'immediate dissolution of the empire was apprehended3-5. The crafty barbarians, who ...
Side 38
... first was fought near Antioch 65, and the second near_Emesa 66. In both, the queen of Palmyra animated the armies by her presence, and devolved the execution of her orders on Zabdas, who had already signalized his military, talents by ...
... first was fought near Antioch 65, and the second near_Emesa 66. In both, the queen of Palmyra animated the armies by her presence, and devolved the execution of her orders on Zabdas, who had already signalized his military, talents by ...
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