The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Methuen & Company, 1909 - Byzantine Empire |
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... supply no new information ; e.g. , the chronicle of Theodosius of Melitene published by Tafel . 4 The history of medieval Athens has been recorded at length in an attractive work by Gregorovius , the counterpart of his great history of ...
... supply no new information ; e.g. , the chronicle of Theodosius of Melitene published by Tafel . 4 The history of medieval Athens has been recorded at length in an attractive work by Gregorovius , the counterpart of his great history of ...
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... supply more vigour and resolution than the sedentary trades which are employed in the service of luxury.34 After every qualification of property had been laid aside , the armies of the Roman emperors were still commanded , for the most ...
... supply more vigour and resolution than the sedentary trades which are employed in the service of luxury.34 After every qualification of property had been laid aside , the armies of the Roman emperors were still commanded , for the most ...
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... supply that defect by other motives , of a different , but not less forcible nature , -honour and religion . The peasant , or mechanic , imbibed the useful prejudice that he was advanced to the more dignified profession of arms , in ...
... supply that defect by other motives , of a different , but not less forcible nature , -honour and religion . The peasant , or mechanic , imbibed the useful prejudice that he was advanced to the more dignified profession of arms , in ...
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... supply him with a large body of troops , which he immediately sent into Britain . Dion Cassius , 1. lxxi . [ 16 ] . 59 Tacit . Annal . iv . 5. Those who fix a regular proportion of as many foot , and twice as many horse , confound the ...
... supply him with a large body of troops , which he immediately sent into Britain . Dion Cassius , 1. lxxi . [ 16 ] . 59 Tacit . Annal . iv . 5. Those who fix a regular proportion of as many foot , and twice as many horse , confound the ...
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... supplies flowed with much less abundance , and the Romans were reduced to the milder but more tedious method of propagation . In their numerous families , and particularly in their country estates , they encouraged the marriage of their ...
... supplies flowed with much less abundance , and the Romans were reduced to the milder but more tedious method of propagation . In their numerous families , and particularly in their country estates , they encouraged the marriage of their ...
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