The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... land ; the distance is not less than one hundred and forty days journey ; on the sea a whole year * must elapse before you can receive any intelligence from your fleet . If Africa should be reduced , it cannot be preserved without the ...
... land ; the distance is not less than one hundred and forty days journey ; on the sea a whole year * must elapse before you can receive any intelligence from your fleet . If Africa should be reduced , it cannot be preserved without the ...
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... land and sea , was delegated to Belisarius alone , with a boundless power of acting according to his discretion , as if the em- peror himself were present . The separation of the naval and military professions is at once the effect ...
... land and sea , was delegated to Belisarius alone , with a boundless power of acting according to his discretion , as if the em- peror himself were present . The separation of the naval and military professions is at once the effect ...
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... land and sea . Their silken robes , loosely flowing , after the fashion of the Medes , were embroidered with gold : love and hunting were the labours of their life ; and their vacant hours were amused by panto- mimes , chariot - races ...
... land and sea . Their silken robes , loosely flowing , after the fashion of the Medes , were embroidered with gold : love and hunting were the labours of their life ; and their vacant hours were amused by panto- mimes , chariot - races ...
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... land , and the rivers , are changed almost as much as the works of man . The isthmus , or neck , of the city , is now confounded with the continent ; the harbour is a dry plain ; and the lake , or stagnum , no more than a morass , with ...
... land , and the rivers , are changed almost as much as the works of man . The isthmus , or neck , of the city , is now confounded with the continent ; the harbour is a dry plain ; and the lake , or stagnum , no more than a morass , with ...
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... land the road was infested by the Moors ; but the sea was open , and the Romans were now masters of the sea . An active and discreet tribune sailed as far as the Straits , where he occupied Septem or Ceuta * , which rises opposite to ...
... land the road was infested by the Moors ; but the sea was open , and the Romans were now masters of the sea . An active and discreet tribune sailed as far as the Straits , where he occupied Septem or Ceuta * , which rises opposite to ...
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