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... wished to lull the Romans to security by feigned submission , and they made not the least resistance when the Romans appeared amongst them . In the meantime , Hermann had seen a maiden named Thusnelda . In beauty of body and mind she ...
... wished to lull the Romans to security by feigned submission , and they made not the least resistance when the Romans appeared amongst them . In the meantime , Hermann had seen a maiden named Thusnelda . In beauty of body and mind she ...
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... wished first to weaken and dismember the Roman force , that he might be the better able to crush the remnants . The avengers came and went like shadows of the night . Now in one place , now in another , a Roman fell in a narrow defile ...
... wished first to weaken and dismember the Roman force , that he might be the better able to crush the remnants . The avengers came and went like shadows of the night . Now in one place , now in another , a Roman fell in a narrow defile ...
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... wished to save it from another enemy— the evil example of the despotism of a prince . This was afforded by Maroboduus , who had founded the powerful kingdom of the Marcomanni , stretching from the Alps to the Elbe , and governed it as ...
... wished to save it from another enemy— the evil example of the despotism of a prince . This was afforded by Maroboduus , who had founded the powerful kingdom of the Marcomanni , stretching from the Alps to the Elbe , and governed it as ...
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... be- used to be seen in camp in little mili- ad and cruel as Tiberius : he had es of Jupiter knocked off and his mps . He wished to be worshipped B as the god of thunder , and had temples erected THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND CHRISTIANITY . 17.
... be- used to be seen in camp in little mili- ad and cruel as Tiberius : he had es of Jupiter knocked off and his mps . He wished to be worshipped B as the god of thunder , and had temples erected THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND CHRISTIANITY . 17.
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... wished to be honoured as an artist himself , and to obtain the highest rank among them . He took part in person in the great chariot races in the Circus , and appeared in public as a singer and a poet ; and the praise of the crowd of ...
... wished to be honoured as an artist himself , and to obtain the highest rank among them . He took part in person in the great chariot races in the Circus , and appeared in public as a singer and a poet ; and the praise of the crowd of ...
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