The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Methuen & Company, 1909 - Byzantine Empire |
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Page ix
... seems as if history could not be written " . On the other side stands the formula of Ranke as to the true task of the historian : " Ich will bloss Ranke's sagen wie es eigentlich gewesen ist " . It cannot be said that Gibbon sat down to ...
... seems as if history could not be written " . On the other side stands the formula of Ranke as to the true task of the historian : " Ich will bloss Ranke's sagen wie es eigentlich gewesen ist " . It cannot be said that Gibbon sat down to ...
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... seems likely to form as im- portant an epoch as that of Ducange . It may be added that designs have been framed for a Corpus of Greek Inscriptions of the Christian period , and for a collection of Greek Acts and Charters of the Middle ...
... seems likely to form as im- portant an epoch as that of Ducange . It may be added that designs have been framed for a Corpus of Greek Inscriptions of the Christian period , and for a collection of Greek Acts and Charters of the Middle ...
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... seems founded on facts . [ As to the question how far Britain was Romanised , see Haverfield , The Romanization of Roman Britain , 1906. ] Conquests of Trajan The first exploits of Trajan were against CHAP . I ] OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 5.
... seems founded on facts . [ As to the question how far Britain was Romanised , see Haverfield , The Romanization of Roman Britain , 1906. ] Conquests of Trajan The first exploits of Trajan were against CHAP . I ] OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 5.
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... seems to have been much longer . In the time of Vegetius it was reduced to a foot or even nine inches . I have chosen a medium . 47 For the legionary arms , see Lipsius de Militiâ Romanâ , l . iii . c . 2-7 . 48 See the beautiful ...
... seems to have been much longer . In the time of Vegetius it was reduced to a foot or even nine inches . I have chosen a medium . 47 For the legionary arms , see Lipsius de Militiâ Romanâ , l . iii . c . 2-7 . 48 See the beautiful ...
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... seem inade - Navy quate to their greatness ; but it was fully sufficient for every useful purpose of government . The ... seems at length to have convinced the ancients that , as soon as their galleys exceeded two , or at the most three ...
... seem inade - Navy quate to their greatness ; but it was fully sufficient for every useful purpose of government . The ... seems at length to have convinced the ancients that , as soon as their galleys exceeded two , or at the most three ...
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