The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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... imperial court provoked him to demonstrate the folly of their refusal , and the importance of their loss . Whatever hopes might be entertained of the conquest of Constantinople , the judicious general soon abandoned an impracticable ...
... imperial court provoked him to demonstrate the folly of their refusal , and the importance of their loss . Whatever hopes might be entertained of the conquest of Constantinople , the judicious general soon abandoned an impracticable ...
Side 44
... imperial stand- ard ; and Stilicho issued his orders to the most remote troops of the west , to advance , by rapid marches , to the defence of Honorius and of Italy . The fortresses of the Rhine were abandoned ; and the safety of Gaul ...
... imperial stand- ard ; and Stilicho issued his orders to the most remote troops of the west , to advance , by rapid marches , to the defence of Honorius and of Italy . The fortresses of the Rhine were abandoned ; and the safety of Gaul ...
Side 46
... imperial captive was suddenly relieved by the fame , the approach , and at length the presence , of the hero , whom he had so long expected . At the head of a chosen and intrepid vanguard , Stilicho swam the stream of the Addua , to ...
... imperial captive was suddenly relieved by the fame , the approach , and at length the presence , of the hero , whom he had so long expected . At the head of a chosen and intrepid vanguard , Stilicho swam the stream of the Addua , to ...
Side 50
... imperial troops ; where he was exposed , almost at the same instant , to a general attack in the front , on his flanks , and in the rear . In this bloody action , at a small distance from the walls of Verona , the loss of the Goths was ...
... imperial troops ; where he was exposed , almost at the same instant , to a general attack in the front , on his flanks , and in the rear . In this bloody action , at a small distance from the walls of Verona , the loss of the Goths was ...
Side 51
... imperial city , the auspi- cious era of the Gothic victory , and of his sixth consul- ship . The suburbs and the streets , from the Milvian bridge to the Palatine mount , were filled by the Ro- man people , who , in the space of a ...
... imperial city , the auspi- cious era of the Gothic victory , and of his sixth consul- ship . The suburbs and the streets , from the Milvian bridge to the Palatine mount , were filled by the Ro- man people , who , in the space of a ...
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