The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Methuen & Company, 1909 - Byzantine Empire |
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... liberal applause on their de- stroyers than on their benefactors , the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters . The praises of Alexander , transmitted by a succession of poets and historians , had ...
... liberal applause on their de- stroyers than on their benefactors , the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters . The praises of Alexander , transmitted by a succession of poets and historians , had ...
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... liberal birth and education ; but the com- mon soldiers , like the mercenary troops of modern Europe , were drawn from the meanest , and very frequently from the most profligate , of mankind . Discipline That public virtue , which among ...
... liberal birth and education ; but the com- mon soldiers , like the mercenary troops of modern Europe , were drawn from the meanest , and very frequently from the most profligate , of mankind . Discipline That public virtue , which among ...
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... liberal computation will not allow us to fix the entire establish- Amount of ment by sea and by land at more than four hundred and fifty establish- thousand men : a military power which , however formidable it may seem , was equalled by ...
... liberal computation will not allow us to fix the entire establish- Amount of ment by sea and by land at more than four hundred and fifty establish- thousand men : a military power which , however formidable it may seem , was equalled by ...
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... liberal education , who was at once a stranger to the Greek and to the Latin language . treatment It was by such institutions that the nations of the empire slaves insensibly melted away into the Roman name and people . But there still ...
... liberal education , who was at once a stranger to the Greek and to the Latin language . treatment It was by such institutions that the nations of the empire slaves insensibly melted away into the Roman name and people . But there still ...
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... liberal appella- tions of legions and myriads , 58 we may venture to pronounce that the proportion of slaves , who were valued as property , was more considerable than that of servants , who can be computed only as an expense.59 The ...
... liberal appella- tions of legions and myriads , 58 we may venture to pronounce that the proportion of slaves , who were valued as property , was more considerable than that of servants , who can be computed only as an expense.59 The ...
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