The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 28
... Orosius damns the victorious general ( p . 538. ) for vio- lating the right of sanctuary . Claudian , as the poet laureat , composed a serious and elaborate epithala- mium of three hundred and forty lines ; besides some gay Fescennines ...
... Orosius damns the victorious general ( p . 538. ) for vio- lating the right of sanctuary . Claudian , as the poet laureat , composed a serious and elaborate epithala- mium of three hundred and forty lines ; besides some gay Fescennines ...
Side 41
... Orosius and the Chronicles . d Notwithstanding the gross errors of Jornandes , who confounds the Italian wars of Alaric , ( c . 29. ) his date of the consulship of Stilicho and Aurelian , ( A. D. 400. ) is firm and respectable . It is ...
... Orosius and the Chronicles . d Notwithstanding the gross errors of Jornandes , who confounds the Italian wars of Alaric , ( c . 29. ) his date of the consulship of Stilicho and Aurelian , ( A. D. 400. ) is firm and respectable . It is ...
Side 48
... Orosius wishes , in doubtful words , to insinuate the defeat of the Romans . Pugnantes vicimus , victores victi sumus . " Prosper ( in Chron . ) makes it an equal and bloody battle ; but the Gothic writers , Cassiodorius ( in Chron ...
... Orosius wishes , in doubtful words , to insinuate the defeat of the Romans . Pugnantes vicimus , victores victi sumus . " Prosper ( in Chron . ) makes it an equal and bloody battle ; but the Gothic writers , Cassiodorius ( in Chron ...
Side 51
... Orosius , lib . 7. c . 37. p . 567. Claudian ( 6. Cons . Hon . 320. ) drops the curtain with a fine image . The remainder of Claudian's poem on the sixth consulship of Honorius de- scribes the journey , the triumph , and the games ...
... Orosius , lib . 7. c . 37. p . 567. Claudian ( 6. Cons . Hon . 320. ) drops the curtain with a fine image . The remainder of Claudian's poem on the sixth consulship of Honorius de- scribes the journey , the triumph , and the games ...
Side 62
... Orosius is consistent with the state of the war , and the character of Stilicho . Con- scious that he commanded the last army of the repub- lic , his prudence would not expose it , in the open field , to the headstrong fury of the ...
... Orosius is consistent with the state of the war , and the character of Stilicho . Con- scious that he commanded the last army of the repub- lic , his prudence would not expose it , in the open field , to the headstrong fury of the ...
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