The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 19
... victory of Constantine , it was universally allowed , that the motive of delivering the republic from a detested tyrant would , at any time , have justified his expedition into Italy . Euseb . in Vit . Constantin . 1. i . c . 26 ...
... victory of Constantine , it was universally allowed , that the motive of delivering the republic from a detested tyrant would , at any time , have justified his expedition into Italy . Euseb . in Vit . Constantin . 1. i . c . 26 ...
Side 23
... victory of Constantine , and a field of carnage covered with many thousands of the vanquished Italians . Their general , Pompeianus , was found among the slain ; Verona immediately surrendered at discretion , and the garrison was made ...
... victory of Constantine , and a field of carnage covered with many thousands of the vanquished Italians . Their general , Pompeianus , was found among the slain ; Verona immediately surrendered at discretion , and the garrison was made ...
Side 25
... Victory of rapid conquest of Italy by the first of the Cæsars ; nor is the flat- tering parallel repugnant to the truth of history , since no more than fifty - eight days elapsed between the surrender of Verona and the final decision of ...
... Victory of rapid conquest of Italy by the first of the Cæsars ; nor is the flat- tering parallel repugnant to the truth of history , since no more than fifty - eight days elapsed between the surrender of Verona and the final decision of ...
Side 26
... victory : they obtained , however , an honourable death ; and it was observed that their bodies covered the same ground which had been occupied by their ranks ( 68 ) . The con- fusion then became general , and the dismayed troops of ...
... victory : they obtained , however , an honourable death ; and it was observed that their bodies covered the same ground which had been occupied by their ranks ( 68 ) . The con- fusion then became general , and the dismayed troops of ...
Side 27
... victory , and several edi- fices , raised at the expense of Maxentius , were dedicated to the honour of his successful rival . The triumphal arch of Constan- tine still remains a melancholy proof of the decline of the arts , and a ...
... victory , and several edi- fices , raised at the expense of Maxentius , were dedicated to the honour of his successful rival . The triumphal arch of Constan- tine still remains a melancholy proof of the decline of the arts , and a ...
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