The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1802 - Byzantine Empire |
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Page 176
... almost at the inftigation , of Gallus , was juftly refented , not only as an act of wanton cruelty , but as a dan- gerous infult on the fupreme majesty of Conftan- tius . Two minifters of illustrious rank , Domi- tian , the Oriental ...
... almost at the inftigation , of Gallus , was juftly refented , not only as an act of wanton cruelty , but as a dan- gerous infult on the fupreme majesty of Conftan- tius . Two minifters of illustrious rank , Domi- tian , the Oriental ...
Page 256
... almost unanimously afcribed . The real or ima- ginary cause of fo important an event , deferves and demands the attention of posterity ; and I shall endeavour to form a just estimate of the fa- mous vifion of Conftantine , by a diftinct ...
... almost unanimously afcribed . The real or ima- ginary cause of fo important an event , deferves and demands the attention of posterity ; and I shall endeavour to form a just estimate of the fa- mous vifion of Conftantine , by a diftinct ...
Page 397
... almost entirely inhabited by those fectaries . He refolved either to convert or to ex- tirpate them ; and as he diftrufted , on this occa- fion , the efficacy of an ecclefiaftical miffion , he commanded a body of four thoufand ...
... almost entirely inhabited by those fectaries . He refolved either to convert or to ex- tirpate them ; and as he diftrufted , on this occa- fion , the efficacy of an ecclefiaftical miffion , he commanded a body of four thoufand ...
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