The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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... exercised an act of jurif- diction , by the manumiffion of a slave , who was brought before them for that purpofe ; and the ceremony was intended to represent the celebrated action of the elder Brutus , the author of liberty and of the ...
... exercised an act of jurif- diction , by the manumiffion of a slave , who was brought before them for that purpofe ; and the ceremony was intended to represent the celebrated action of the elder Brutus , the author of liberty and of the ...
Page 37
... exercised , in capital offences , the power of life and death . But they were not authorised to indulge the con- demned criminal with the choice of his own execution , or to pronounce a sentence of the mild- eft and most honourable kind ...
... exercised , in capital offences , the power of life and death . But they were not authorised to indulge the con- demned criminal with the choice of his own execution , or to pronounce a sentence of the mild- eft and most honourable kind ...
Page 40
... exercised a fordid and pernicious trade . Some of them procured ad- mittance into families for the purpose of fomenting differences , of encouraging fuits , and of prepa . ring a harveft of gain for themselves or their bre- thren ...
... exercised a fordid and pernicious trade . Some of them procured ad- mittance into families for the purpose of fomenting differences , of encouraging fuits , and of prepa . ring a harveft of gain for themselves or their bre- thren ...
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... exercised by the Prætorian præfects over the armies of the empire , was transferred to the two mafters general whom he inftituted , the one for the cavalry , the other for the infantry ; and though each of these illuftrious officers was ...
... exercised by the Prætorian præfects over the armies of the empire , was transferred to the two mafters general whom he inftituted , the one for the cavalry , the other for the infantry ; and though each of these illuftrious officers was ...
Page 53
... exercised a military or provincial command ; with the extent of conqueft , the two quæftors were gradually multiplied to the number of four , of eight , of twenty , and , for a short time , per- haps , of forty ; and the nobleft ...
... exercised a military or provincial command ; with the extent of conqueft , the two quæftors were gradually multiplied to the number of four , of eight , of twenty , and , for a short time , per- haps , of forty ; and the nobleft ...
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