The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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... Imperial government ; as it was instituted by Augustus , and maintained by those princes who understood their own interest and that of the people , it may be defined an absolute mo narchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth . The ...
... Imperial government ; as it was instituted by Augustus , and maintained by those princes who understood their own interest and that of the people , it may be defined an absolute mo narchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth . The ...
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... Imperial government , we have frequently men- tioned the artful founder , under his well - known title of Augustus , which was not however conferred upon him , till the edifice was almost completed . The obscure name of Octavianus , he ...
... Imperial government , we have frequently men- tioned the artful founder , under his well - known title of Augustus , which was not however conferred upon him , till the edifice was almost completed . The obscure name of Octavianus , he ...
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... Imperial authority , his moderation was inspired by his fears . He wished to deceive the people by an image of civil liberty , and the armies by an image of civil government . I. The death of Cæsar was ever before his eyes . He had ...
... Imperial authority , his moderation was inspired by his fears . He wished to deceive the people by an image of civil liberty , and the armies by an image of civil government . I. The death of Cæsar was ever before his eyes . He had ...
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... Imperial despotism , whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate , or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seri- phus , or the frozen banks of the Danube , expected his fate in silent despair ...
... Imperial despotism , whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate , or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seri- phus , or the frozen banks of the Danube , expected his fate in silent despair ...
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... Imperial performer . Whether he aimed at the head or heart of the animal , the wound was alike certain and mortal . With arrows , whose point was shaped into the form of a crescent , Commodus often intercepted the rapid career , and cut ...
... Imperial performer . Whether he aimed at the head or heart of the animal , the wound was alike certain and mortal . With arrows , whose point was shaped into the form of a crescent , Commodus often intercepted the rapid career , and cut ...
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