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Side 22
... hope of adding the numerous cities of Africa to the empire of the east , tempted them to assert a claim , which they were incapable of supporting , either by reason or by arms . He is con- the Roman When Stilicho had given a firm and ...
... hope of adding the numerous cities of Africa to the empire of the east , tempted them to assert a claim , which they were incapable of supporting , either by reason or by arms . He is con- the Roman When Stilicho had given a firm and ...
Side 27
... hope of reaching in safety some friendly prt of the empire of the east ; but the obstinacy of the wind drove him back into the harbour of Tabraca , ' which had acknowledged , with the rest of the province , the dominion of Honorius ...
... hope of reaching in safety some friendly prt of the empire of the east ; but the obstinacy of the wind drove him back into the harbour of Tabraca , ' which had acknowledged , with the rest of the province , the dominion of Honorius ...
Side 29
... hope from the passions of her lover . Honorius was only in the fourteenth year of his age ; Serena , the mother of his bride , deferred , by art or persuasion , the consummation of the royal nuptials ; Maria died a virgin , after she ...
... hope from the passions of her lover . Honorius was only in the fourteenth year of his age ; Serena , the mother of his bride , deferred , by art or persuasion , the consummation of the royal nuptials ; Maria died a virgin , after she ...
Side 36
... hope of a people who could no longer tacked by depend on their arms , their gods , or their so- A. D. 397. vereign , was placed in the powerful assistance of the general of the west ; and Stilicho , who had not been permitted to repulse ...
... hope of a people who could no longer tacked by depend on their arms , their gods , or their so- A. D. 397. vereign , was placed in the powerful assistance of the general of the west ; and Stilicho , who had not been permitted to repulse ...
Side 70
... hope ; and they might flatter themselves , that the troops , the authority , and even the name , of a Roman emperor , who fixed his resi- dence in Gaul , would protect the unhappy country from the rage of the barbarians . The first ...
... hope ; and they might flatter themselves , that the troops , the authority , and even the name , of a Roman emperor , who fixed his resi- dence in Gaul , would protect the unhappy country from the rage of the barbarians . The first ...
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