The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Methuen & Company, 1909 - Byzantine Empire |
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... Strength and Confidence Their specious Claims ... ... ... They offer the Empire to Sale 193 It is purchased by Julian ... Julian is acknowledged by the Senate Takes possession of the Palace The public Discontent ... ... ... ... ... 113 ...
... Strength and Confidence Their specious Claims ... ... ... They offer the Empire to Sale 193 It is purchased by Julian ... Julian is acknowledged by the Senate Takes possession of the Palace The public Discontent ... ... ... ... ... 113 ...
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... strength and maturity , began to verge towards its decline ; and will extend to the subversion of the Western Empire , by the barbarians of Germany and Scythia , the rude ancestors of the most polished nations of modern Europe . This ...
... strength and maturity , began to verge towards its decline ; and will extend to the subversion of the Western Empire , by the barbarians of Germany and Scythia , the rude ancestors of the most polished nations of modern Europe . This ...
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... strength and fierce- ness of barbarians they added a contempt for life , which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and trans- migration of the soul.16 Decebalus , the Dacian king , approved himself a rival not unworthy ...
... strength and fierce- ness of barbarians they added a contempt for life , which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and trans- migration of the soul.16 Decebalus , the Dacian king , approved himself a rival not unworthy ...
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... strength , which it had been sufficient for Hadrian and the elder Antoninus to display , was exerted against the Parthians and the Germans by the emperor Marcus . The hos- tilities of the barbarians provoked the resentment of that philo ...
... strength , which it had been sufficient for Hadrian and the elder Antoninus to display , was exerted against the Parthians and the Germans by the emperor Marcus . The hos- tilities of the barbarians provoked the resentment of that philo ...
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... strength , and military stature.33 In all levies , a just preference was given to the climates of the north over those of the south ; the race of men born to the exercise of arms was sought for in the country rather than in cities , and ...
... strength , and military stature.33 In all levies , a just preference was given to the climates of the north over those of the south ; the race of men born to the exercise of arms was sought for in the country rather than in cities , and ...
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