The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3H. T. Coates, 1900 |
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... royal guardian accepted and discharged this honorable trust with unexampled fidelity ; and the infancy of Theodosius was protected by the arms and councils of Persia . Such is the singular narrative of Procopius ; and his veracity is ...
... royal guardian accepted and discharged this honorable trust with unexampled fidelity ; and the infancy of Theodosius was protected by the arms and councils of Persia . Such is the singular narrative of Procopius ; and his veracity is ...
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... royal name , must acquire and exercise an independent authority . The great officers of the state and army , who had been appointed before the death of Arcadius , formed an aristoc- racy , which might have inspired them with the idea of ...
... royal name , must acquire and exercise an independent authority . The great officers of the state and army , who had been appointed before the death of Arcadius , formed an aristoc- racy , which might have inspired them with the idea of ...
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... royal signature , the acts of injustice the most repugnant to his character were frequently perpetrated in his name . The emperor himself was chaste , temperate , liberal , and merci- ful ; but these qualities , which can only deserve ...
... royal signature , the acts of injustice the most repugnant to his character were frequently perpetrated in his name . The emperor himself was chaste , temperate , liberal , and merci- ful ; but these qualities , which can only deserve ...
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... royal nuptials were celebrated amidst the acclamations of the capital and the provinces . Athenais , who was easily persuaded to renounce the errors of Paganism , received at her baptism the Christian name of Eudocia ; but the cautious ...
... royal nuptials were celebrated amidst the acclamations of the capital and the provinces . Athenais , who was easily persuaded to renounce the errors of Paganism , received at her baptism the Christian name of Eudocia ; but the cautious ...
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... royal race of Arsaces impatiently sub- mitted to the house of Sassan ; the turbulent nobles asserted , or betrayed , their hereditary independence ; and the nation was still attached to the Christian princes of Constantinople . In the ...
... royal race of Arsaces impatiently sub- mitted to the house of Sassan ; the turbulent nobles asserted , or betrayed , their hereditary independence ; and the nation was still attached to the Christian princes of Constantinople . In the ...
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