The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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... been embraced and confecrated by fucceeding generations . The age of the great Conftantine and his fons is filled with important Vol . III . A CHAP XVII . СНАР . XVII . Design of a new ca- pital THIRD VOLUME CHA P XVII.
... been embraced and confecrated by fucceeding generations . The age of the great Conftantine and his fons is filled with important Vol . III . A CHAP XVII . СНАР . XVII . Design of a new ca- pital THIRD VOLUME CHA P XVII.
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... importance of laws and manners , while they perufe , with eager curiofity , the tranfient in- trigues of a court , or the accidental event of a battle . Hierarchy The manly pride of the Romans , content with of the state . fubftantial ...
... importance of laws and manners , while they perufe , with eager curiofity , the tranfient in- trigues of a court , or the accidental event of a battle . Hierarchy The manly pride of the Romans , content with of the state . fubftantial ...
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... importance to find a place in the general ftate of the empire , were accurately divided into three claffes . 1. The Illuftrious . 2. The Spectabiles , or Refpectable : And 3 . The Clariffimi ; whom we may translate by the word ...
... importance to find a place in the general ftate of the empire , were accurately divided into three claffes . 1. The Illuftrious . 2. The Spectabiles , or Refpectable : And 3 . The Clariffimi ; whom we may translate by the word ...
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... importance , either civil or criminal , might be brought before the tribunal of the præfect : but his fentence was final and abfolute ; and the emperors themselves refused to admit any complaints against the judgment or the integrity of ...
... importance , either civil or criminal , might be brought before the tribunal of the præfect : but his fentence was final and abfolute ; and the emperors themselves refused to admit any complaints against the judgment or the integrity of ...
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... important functions were confined to the expensive obligation of exhibiting games for the amuse- ment of the people . After the office of Roman confuls had been changed into a vain pageant , which was rarely displayed in the capital ...
... important functions were confined to the expensive obligation of exhibiting games for the amuse- ment of the people . After the office of Roman confuls had been changed into a vain pageant , which was rarely displayed in the capital ...
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