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... art . Citadels , constructed with no less skill than labour and expense , command every avenue into the plain , and on that side render Italy almost inaccessible to the enemies of the king of Sardinia ( 54 ) . But in the course of the ...
... art . Citadels , constructed with no less skill than labour and expense , command every avenue into the plain , and on that side render Italy almost inaccessible to the enemies of the king of Sardinia ( 54 ) . But in the course of the ...
Side 24
... , A. D. 311 , and that the memorable æra of the indictions was dated from his con- quest of the Cisalpine Gaul . Before Maxentius The guardians of arts of this world reproaching 24 [ CHAP . XIV . THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... , A. D. 311 , and that the memorable æra of the indictions was dated from his con- quest of the Cisalpine Gaul . Before Maxentius The guardians of arts of this world reproaching 24 [ CHAP . XIV . THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 25
Edward Gibbon. Before Maxentius The guardians of arts of this world reproaching the pusillanimity of their indolent sovereign , and cele- brating the heroic spirit of Constantine ( 63 ) . left Rome , he consulted the Sibylline books ...
Edward Gibbon. Before Maxentius The guardians of arts of this world reproaching the pusillanimity of their indolent sovereign , and cele- brating the heroic spirit of Constantine ( 63 ) . left Rome , he consulted the Sibylline books ...
Side 27
... arts , and a singular testimony of the meanest vanity . As it was not possible to find in the capital of the empire a sculptor who was capable of adorning that public monument , the arch of Trajan , without any respect either for his ...
... arts , and a singular testimony of the meanest vanity . As it was not possible to find in the capital of the empire a sculptor who was capable of adorning that public monument , the arch of Trajan , without any respect either for his ...
Side 32
... arts against the authority of his colleague . Constantine had lately given his sister Anastasia in marriage to Bas- sianus , a man of a considerable family and fortune , and had ele- vated his new kinsman to the rank of Cæsar ...
... arts against the authority of his colleague . Constantine had lately given his sister Anastasia in marriage to Bas- sianus , a man of a considerable family and fortune , and had ele- vated his new kinsman to the rank of Cæsar ...
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