The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... provinces of Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Assyria, and, in compliance with the precept of Augustus, once more ... province of the empire, which, in the course of his reign, was not honoured with the presence of the monarch.25 But the ...
... provinces of Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Assyria, and, in compliance with the precept of Augustus, once more ... province of the empire, which, in the course of his reign, was not honoured with the presence of the monarch.25 But the ...
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... provinces. Even Italy was not left destitute of a military force. Above twenty thousand chosen soldiers, distinguished by the titles of City Cohorts and Prætorian Guards, watched over the safety of the monarch and the capital. As the ...
... provinces. Even Italy was not left destitute of a military force. Above twenty thousand chosen soldiers, distinguished by the titles of City Cohorts and Prætorian Guards, watched over the safety of the monarch and the capital. As the ...
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... : a military power, which, however formidable it may seem, was equalled by a monarch of the last century, whose kingdom was confined within a single province of the Roman empire.69 [View of the provinces of the Roman empire.] We have.
... : a military power, which, however formidable it may seem, was equalled by a monarch of the last century, whose kingdom was confined within a single province of the Roman empire.69 [View of the provinces of the Roman empire.] We have.
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... provinces once united under their sway, but, at present, divided into so many independent and hostile states. [Spain.] Spain, the western extremity of the empire, of Europe, and of the ancient world, has, in every age, invariably ...
... provinces once united under their sway, but, at present, divided into so many independent and hostile states. [Spain.] Spain, the western extremity of the empire, of Europe, and of the ancient world, has, in every age, invariably ...
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... provinces of Gaul; the Narbonnese, Aquitaine, the Celtic, or Lyonnese, the Belgic, and the two Germanies. [Britain.] We have already had occasion to mention the conquest of Britain, and to fix the boundary of the Roman province in this ...
... provinces of Gaul; the Narbonnese, Aquitaine, the Celtic, or Lyonnese, the Belgic, and the two Germanies. [Britain.] We have already had occasion to mention the conquest of Britain, and to fix the boundary of the Roman province in this ...
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CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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