The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... Danube.29 The military establishment of the Roman empire, which thus assured either its tranquility or success, will now become the proper and important object of our attention. [Military establishment of the Roamn emperors.] In the ...
... Danube.29 The military establishment of the Roman empire, which thus assured either its tranquility or success, will now become the proper and important object of our attention. [Military establishment of the Roamn emperors.] In the ...
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... Danube, and consisted of sixteen legions, in the following proportions: two in the Lower, and three in the Upper Germany; one in Rhætia, one in Noricum, four in Pannonia, three in Mæsia, and two in Dacia. The defence of the Euphrates ...
... Danube, and consisted of sixteen legions, in the following proportions: two in the Lower, and three in the Upper Germany; one in Rhætia, one in Noricum, four in Pannonia, three in Mæsia, and two in Dacia. The defence of the Euphrates ...
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... Danube, to harass the country, or to intercept the passage of the barbarians.68 If we review this general state of the Imperial forces; of the cavalry as well as infantry; of the legions, the auxiliaries, the guards, and the navy ...
... Danube, to harass the country, or to intercept the passage of the barbarians.68 If we review this general state of the Imperial forces; of the cavalry as well as infantry; of the legions, the auxiliaries, the guards, and the navy ...
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... Danube. [Italy.] Before the Roman conquest, the country which is now called Lombardy, was not considered as a part of Italy. It had been occupied by a powerful colony of Gauls, who settling themselves along the banks of the Po, from ...
... Danube. [Italy.] Before the Roman conquest, the country which is now called Lombardy, was not considered as a part of Italy. It had been occupied by a powerful colony of Gauls, who settling themselves along the banks of the Po, from ...
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... Danube and Illyrian frontier.] The European provinces of Rome were protected by the course of the Rhine and the Danube The latter of those mighty streams, which rises at the distance of only thirty miles from the former, flows above ...
... Danube and Illyrian frontier.] The European provinces of Rome were protected by the course of the Rhine and the Danube The latter of those mighty streams, which rises at the distance of only thirty miles from the former, flows above ...
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CHAPTER III | |
CHAPTERS IVVI | |
CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
CHAPTER VII | |
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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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