The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 4H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... person the centre of the line . The nations subject to his empire , the Rugians , the Heruli , the Thurin- gians , the Franks , the Burgundians , were extended , on either hand , over the ample space of the Catalaunian fields ; the ...
... person the centre of the line . The nations subject to his empire , the Rugians , the Heruli , the Thurin- gians , the Franks , the Burgundians , were extended , on either hand , over the ample space of the Catalaunian fields ; the ...
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... persons ; * and these incredible exaggerations suppose a real and effective loss , sufficient to justify the historian's remark , that whole generations may be swept away by the madness ... person with 22 [ CH . XXXV . DEATH OF THEODORIC .
... persons ; * and these incredible exaggerations suppose a real and effective loss , sufficient to justify the historian's remark , that whole generations may be swept away by the madness ... person with 22 [ CH . XXXV . DEATH OF THEODORIC .
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Edward Gibbon. pelled to retreat . He had exposed his person with the rashness of a private soldier ; but the intrepid troops of the centre had pushed forwards beyond the rest of the line ; their attack was faintly supported ; their ...
Edward Gibbon. pelled to retreat . He had exposed his person with the rashness of a private soldier ; but the intrepid troops of the centre had pushed forwards beyond the rest of the line ; their attack was faintly supported ; their ...
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Edward Gibbon. abandoning Italy , as soon as the danger should approach his imperial person . This shameful abdication was sus- pended , however , by the spirit of doubt and delay , which commonly adheres to pusillanimous counsels , and ...
Edward Gibbon. abandoning Italy , as soon as the danger should approach his imperial person . This shameful abdication was sus- pended , however , by the spirit of doubt and delay , which commonly adheres to pusillanimous counsels , and ...
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... person in the palace of Rome . Whilst he urged , perhaps with intemperate vehemence , the marriage of his son , Valentinian , drawing his sword , the first sword he had ever drawn , plunged it in the breast of a general who had saved ...
... person in the palace of Rome . Whilst he urged , perhaps with intemperate vehemence , the marriage of his son , Valentinian , drawing his sword , the first sword he had ever drawn , plunged it in the breast of a general who had saved ...
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