The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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Page 216
... Goth- land , and Finland , contained 1,800,000 fighting men , and conse quently were far more populous than at present . In the year 1454 Spondanus has given , from Æneas Sylvius , a view of the state of Europe , enriched with his own ...
... Goth- land , and Finland , contained 1,800,000 fighting men , and conse quently were far more populous than at present . In the year 1454 Spondanus has given , from Æneas Sylvius , a view of the state of Europe , enriched with his own ...
Page 220
... Gothic dominion more inglorious and oppressive than the tyranny of the Greeks . In the eighth century of the Christian era , a religious quarrel , the worship of images , provoked the Romans to assert their independence : their bishop ...
... Gothic dominion more inglorious and oppressive than the tyranny of the Greeks . In the eighth century of the Christian era , a religious quarrel , the worship of images , provoked the Romans to assert their independence : their bishop ...
Page 241
... Gothic kings of Italy , and the long series of the Greek , the French , and the German dynasties . After an abdication of eight hundred years , the Roman senate asserted this honourable and lucrative privi- lege ; which was tacitly ...
... Gothic kings of Italy , and the long series of the Greek , the French , and the German dynasties . After an abdication of eight hundred years , the Roman senate asserted this honourable and lucrative privi- lege ; which was tacitly ...
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... Goths and Lombards , the Greeks and Franks , the Germans and Normans , had obtained the fairest possessions by royal bounty or the prerogative of valour . These examples might be readily presumed ; but the ele- vation of a Hebrew race ...
... Goths and Lombards , the Greeks and Franks , the Germans and Normans , had obtained the fairest possessions by royal bounty or the prerogative of valour . These examples might be readily presumed ; but the ele- vation of a Hebrew race ...
Page 334
... Goths and Van- dals * . After this severe lesson , the popes contracted their ambition , which was almost satisfied ... Gothic siege , I have compared the bar- barians with the subjects of Charles V. ( vol . v . p . 319—322 ) ; an ...
... Goths and Van- dals * . After this severe lesson , the popes contracted their ambition , which was almost satisfied ... Gothic siege , I have compared the bar- barians with the subjects of Charles V. ( vol . v . p . 319—322 ) ; an ...
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