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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... soon clouded the splendid prospect; and it was justly to be dreaded, that so many distant nations would throw off the unaccustomed yoke, when they were no longer restrained by the powerful hand which had imposed it. [Resigned by his ...
... soon clouded the splendid prospect; and it was justly to be dreaded, that so many distant nations would throw off the unaccustomed yoke, when they were no longer restrained by the powerful hand which had imposed it. [Resigned by his ...
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... soon discovered by reflection, as well as by the event, that the strength of the phalanx was unable to contend with the activity of the legion.49 [Cavalry.] The cavalry, without which the force of the legion would have remained ...
... soon discovered by reflection, as well as by the event, that the strength of the phalanx was unable to contend with the activity of the legion.49 [Cavalry.] The cavalry, without which the force of the legion would have remained ...
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... soon borrowed a new denomination from the celebrated colony of Lugdunum, or Lyons. The Belgic lay beyond the Seine, and in more ancient times had been bounded only by the Rhine; but a little before the age of Cæsar, the Germans, abusing ...
... soon borrowed a new denomination from the celebrated colony of Lugdunum, or Lyons. The Belgic lay beyond the Seine, and in more ancient times had been bounded only by the Rhine; but a little before the age of Cæsar, the Germans, abusing ...
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... soon acquired the general appellation of Illyricum, or the Illyrian frontier,79 and were esteemed the most warlike of the empire; but they deserve to be more particularly considered under the names of Rhætia, Noricum, Pannonia, Dalmatia ...
... soon acquired the general appellation of Illyricum, or the Illyrian frontier,79 and were esteemed the most warlike of the empire; but they deserve to be more particularly considered under the names of Rhætia, Noricum, Pannonia, Dalmatia ...
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... soon contributed to the ruin of public freedom. Under a democratical government, the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abased, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude ...
... soon contributed to the ruin of public freedom. Under a democratical government, the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abased, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude ...
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CHAPTER XXII | |
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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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