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... causes for the failure of the expedition ; but they are both of such a nature , that a cautious historian will scarcely venture to adopt them . We are told that Galerius , who had formed a very imperfect no- tion of the greatness of ...
... causes for the failure of the expedition ; but they are both of such a nature , that a cautious historian will scarcely venture to adopt them . We are told that Galerius , who had formed a very imperfect no- tion of the greatness of ...
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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 . The life and freedom of Maximian were however respected , and he retired from ...
... cause was solemnly pleaded before the Prætorian guards , and those troops , who dreaded the severity of the old emperor , espoused the party of Maxentius . The life and freedom of Maximian were however respected , and he retired from ...
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... caused by his general maxims of ad- ministration . 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 ...
... caused by his general maxims of ad- ministration . 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 ...
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... cause ; and a 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 ...
... cause ; and a 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 ...
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... received a second letter filled with reproaches for his sup- posed partiality to the cause of Maxentius and Maximin . XIV . obliged to leave behind him a considerable part 42 THE DECLINE AND FALL His alliance with Licinius •
... received a second letter filled with reproaches for his sup- posed partiality to the cause of Maxentius and Maximin . XIV . obliged to leave behind him a considerable part 42 THE DECLINE AND FALL His alliance with Licinius •
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