The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... appear to have been more successful in imitating , than in translating , the Greek poets . But the name of Achilles might be famous and popular , even among the illiterate barbarians . catholic subjects had powerfully recommended him to ...
... appear to have been more successful in imitating , than in translating , the Greek poets . But the name of Achilles might be famous and popular , even among the illiterate barbarians . catholic subjects had powerfully recommended him to ...
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... appears to allow for the largest vessels 50,000 me- dimni , or 3000 tons ( since the medimnus weighed 160 Roman , or 120 avoirdupois , pounds ) . I have given a more rational inter- pretation , by supposing that the Attic style of ...
... appears to allow for the largest vessels 50,000 me- dimni , or 3000 tons ( since the medimnus weighed 160 Roman , or 120 avoirdupois , pounds ) . I have given a more rational inter- pretation , by supposing that the Attic style of ...
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... , we have lost Africa . No sooner did Belisarius appear with a handful of soldiers , than courage and prosperity deserted the cause of the Vandals . Your nephew • ; Gibamund , your brother Ammatas , have been be- OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 23.
... , we have lost Africa . No sooner did Belisarius appear with a handful of soldiers , than courage and prosperity deserted the cause of the Vandals . Your nephew • ; Gibamund , your brother Ammatas , have been be- OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 23.
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... appear to have lost their eyes or their memory . * Shaw , p . 59. Yet since Procopius ( 1. ii . c . 13 ) speaks of a people of Mount Atlas as already distinguished by white bodies and yellow hair , the phenomenon ( which is likewise ...
... appear to have lost their eyes or their memory . * Shaw , p . 59. Yet since Procopius ( 1. ii . c . 13 ) speaks of a people of Mount Atlas as already distinguished by white bodies and yellow hair , the phenomenon ( which is likewise ...
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... appear to have excited less horror than some ido- Besides Procopius , perhaps too Roman , see the Chronicles of Marius and Marcellinus , Jornandes ( in Success . Regn . in Mura- tori , tom . i . p . 241 ) , and Gregory of Tours ( 1. iii ...
... appear to have excited less horror than some ido- Besides Procopius , perhaps too Roman , see the Chronicles of Marius and Marcellinus , Jornandes ( in Success . Regn . in Mura- tori , tom . i . p . 241 ) , and Gregory of Tours ( 1. iii ...
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