The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1George Bell and Sons, 1891 |
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... than many other lands , seemingly more favoured by nature . 31 lestine will for ever live in the memory of Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestine Egypt Africa The Mediterranean with its Islands General Idea of the Roman Empire PAGE.
... than many other lands , seemingly more favoured by nature . 31 lestine will for ever live in the memory of Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestine Egypt Africa The Mediterranean with its Islands General Idea of the Roman Empire PAGE.
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... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , assumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those offices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the principal families . Those of the provincials who ...
... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , assumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those offices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the principal families . Those of the provincials who ...
Side 46
... favour or merit . The grandsons of the Gauls , who had besieged Julius Cæsar in Alesia , commanded legions , go- verned provinces , and were admitted into the senate of Rome . Their ambition , instead of disturbing the tranquillity of ...
... favour or merit . The grandsons of the Gauls , who had besieged Julius Cæsar in Alesia , commanded legions , go- verned provinces , and were admitted into the senate of Rome . Their ambition , instead of disturbing the tranquillity of ...
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... favoured by fortune , was lineally descended from Cimon and Miltiades , Theseus and Cecrops , Eacus and Jupiter . But the posterity of so many gods and heroes was fallen into the most abject state . His grandfather had suffered by the ...
... favoured by fortune , was lineally descended from Cimon and Miltiades , Theseus and Cecrops , Eacus and Jupiter . But the posterity of so many gods and heroes was fallen into the most abject state . His grandfather had suffered by the ...
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... favours ; and many inscriptions of the cities of Greece and Asia gratefully style Herodes Atticus their patron and benefactor . * In the commonwealths of Athens and Rome , the modest simplicity of private houses announced the equal ...
... favours ; and many inscriptions of the cities of Greece and Asia gratefully style Herodes Atticus their patron and benefactor . * In the commonwealths of Athens and Rome , the modest simplicity of private houses announced the equal ...
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