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... cause was solemnly pleaded before the Prætorian guards ; and those troops , who dreaded the severity of the old emperor , espoused the party of Maxentius ( 32 ) . The life and free- dom of Maximian were however respected , and he ...
... cause was solemnly pleaded before the Prætorian guards ; and those troops , who dreaded the severity of the old emperor , espoused the party of Maxentius ( 32 ) . The life and free- dom of Maximian were however respected , and he ...
Side 17
... caused by his general maxims of administration . But even those maxims were less the effect of choice than of necessity . And if we except the death of Maximian , the reign of Constantine in Gaul seems to have been the most innocent and ...
... caused by his general maxims of administration . But even those maxims were less the effect of choice than of necessity . And if we except the death of Maximian , the reign of Constantine in Gaul seems to have been the most innocent and ...
Side 24
... cause ; and third army was soon collected , more numerous than those which had been lost in the battles of Turin and Verona . It was far from the intention of the emperor to lead his troops in person . A stranger to the exercises of war ...
... cause ; and third army was soon collected , more numerous than those which had been lost in the battles of Turin and Verona . It was far from the intention of the emperor to lead his troops in person . A stranger to the exercises of war ...
Side 28
... letter filled with reproaches for his supposed partiality to the cause of Maxentius and Maximin . • Licinius . of the public festivity they were suddenly 28 [ CHAP . XIV . THE DECLINE AND FALL His Alliance with Licinius.
... letter filled with reproaches for his supposed partiality to the cause of Maxentius and Maximin . • Licinius . of the public festivity they were suddenly 28 [ CHAP . XIV . THE DECLINE AND FALL His Alliance with Licinius.
Side 43
... causes assigned , in the fifteenth chapter , for the diffu- sion of Christianity , must , no doubt , have contri- buted to it materially ; but I doubt whether he saw them all . Perhaps those which he enume- rates are among the most ...
... causes assigned , in the fifteenth chapter , for the diffu- sion of Christianity , must , no doubt , have contri- buted to it materially ; but I doubt whether he saw them all . Perhaps those which he enume- rates are among the most ...
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