The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5F. De Fau, 1906 - Byzantine Empire |
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Page 134
... edict of Honorius seems to check the malicious industry of informers , a sub- sequent edict , at the distance of ten years , continues and renews the prosecution of the offences which had been com- mitted in the time of the general ...
... edict of Honorius seems to check the malicious industry of informers , a sub- sequent edict , at the distance of ten years , continues and renews the prosecution of the offences which had been com- mitted in the time of the general ...
Page 286
... edict , 195 filled with the strongest assurances of that paternal affection which princes so often express and so seldom feel , the emperor Honorius promulgated his intention of convening an annual assembly of the seven provinces : a ...
... edict , 195 filled with the strongest assurances of that paternal affection which princes so often express and so seldom feel , the emperor Honorius promulgated his intention of convening an annual assembly of the seven provinces : a ...
Page 287
... edict . It interests him as an unsuccessful attempt at representative government and centralisation , which were contrary to the nature of a society in which the municipal spirit was predominant . Châteaubriand had already described the ...
... edict . It interests him as an unsuccessful attempt at representative government and centralisation , which were contrary to the nature of a society in which the municipal spirit was predominant . Châteaubriand had already described the ...
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