The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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... Vice - præfects , etc. The Governors of the Provinces The Profeffion of the Law III . The Military Officers Diftinction of the Troops A. D. Reduction of the Legions Difficulty of Levies Encrease a 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... Vice - præfects , etc. The Governors of the Provinces The Profeffion of the Law III . The Military Officers Diftinction of the Troops A. D. Reduction of the Legions Difficulty of Levies Encrease a 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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... laws he has been careful to inftruct pofterity , that , in obedience to the commands of God , he laid the everlasting foundations of Con- ftantinople " : and though he has not condefcended to relate in what manner the cœleftial ...
... laws he has been careful to inftruct pofterity , that , in obedience to the commands of God , he laid the everlasting foundations of Con- ftantinople " : and though he has not condefcended to relate in what manner the cœleftial ...
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... 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 power , had ...
... 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 power , had ...
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... were invested with the civil and military administration of the Roman world . From the reign of Severus to that of Diocletian , the guards and the palace , XVII . CHAP . the laws and the finances , OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 29.
... were invested with the civil and military administration of the Roman world . From the reign of Severus to that of Diocletian , the guards and the palace , XVII . CHAP . the laws and the finances , OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 29.
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Edward Gibbon. XVII . CHAP . the laws and the finances , the armies and the provinces , were intrusted to their fuperintending care ; and , like the Vizirs of the Eaft , they held with one hand the feal , and with the other the ftandard ...
Edward Gibbon. XVII . CHAP . the laws and the finances , the armies and the provinces , were intrusted to their fuperintending care ; and , like the Vizirs of the Eaft , they held with one hand the feal , and with the other the ftandard ...
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