The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... twelve tables of the decemvirs - The laws of the people - The decrees of the senate - The edicts of the magistrates and em- perors Authority of the civilians - Code , pandects , novels , and institutes of Justinian - I . Rights of ...
... twelve tables of the decemvirs - The laws of the people - The decrees of the senate - The edicts of the magistrates and em- perors Authority of the civilians - Code , pandects , novels , and institutes of Justinian - I . Rights of ...
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... twelve days , the vigilance of Belisarius was constantly awake and active against his unseen enemies , by whom , in every place , and at every hour , he might be suddenly attacked . An officer of confidence and merit , John the Armenian ...
... twelve days , the vigilance of Belisarius was constantly awake and active against his unseen enemies , by whom , in every place , and at every hour , he might be suddenly attacked . An officer of confidence and merit , John the Armenian ...
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... twelve of his boldest antagonists . His Vandals fled to Carthage ; the highway , almost ten miles , was strewed with dead bodies ; and it seemed incredible that such multitudes could be slaughtered The by the swords of three hundred ...
... twelve of his boldest antagonists . His Vandals fled to Carthage ; the highway , almost ten miles , was strewed with dead bodies ; and it seemed incredible that such multitudes could be slaughtered The by the swords of three hundred ...
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... twelve miles in circumference ( Jul . Cæsar . Capaccii Hist . Neapol . 1. i . p . 47 ) and contains more inhabitants ( 350,000 ) in a given space than any other spot in the known world . Not geometrical , but common paces or steps , of ...
... twelve miles in circumference ( Jul . Cæsar . Capaccii Hist . Neapol . 1. i . p . 47 ) and contains more inhabitants ( 350,000 ) in a given space than any other spot in the known world . Not geometrical , but common paces or steps , of ...
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... twelve miles and three hundred and forty- five paces ; and that circumference , except in the Vatican , has invariably been the same , from the tri- umph of Aurelian to the peaceful but obscure reign of the modern popes * . But in the ...
... twelve miles and three hundred and forty- five paces ; and that circumference , except in the Vatican , has invariably been the same , from the tri- umph of Aurelian to the peaceful but obscure reign of the modern popes * . But in the ...
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