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... empire during the period he has chosen , not confined to the events in Italy and Rome , but embracing the fortune of the provinces as well , a history too , based on a rational investigation of the causes which underlay the events ...
... empire during the period he has chosen , not confined to the events in Italy and Rome , but embracing the fortune of the provinces as well , a history too , based on a rational investigation of the causes which underlay the events ...
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... empire . He is rather select- ing out of such a general history those events in which the personal fortunes of the emperors were directly or indirectly concerned . It is to be ob- served however that , if Plutarch disclaims the com ...
... empire . He is rather select- ing out of such a general history those events in which the personal fortunes of the emperors were directly or indirectly concerned . It is to be ob- served however that , if Plutarch disclaims the com ...
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... empire ( i . 4- 11 ) , partly in the speech of Otho ( i . 37 , 38 ) , and in other scattered notices repeats portions of what had no doubt their proper place in the last Book of the Annals . Thus he mentions the " donativum sub nomine ...
... empire ( i . 4- 11 ) , partly in the speech of Otho ( i . 37 , 38 ) , and in other scattered notices repeats portions of what had no doubt their proper place in the last Book of the Annals . Thus he mentions the " donativum sub nomine ...
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... empire or at least to act as their ambassador ( Plut . Oth . 18 ad fin . , Tac . ii . 51 ) . It will be apparent at once from this comparison that we have a very remarkable correspondence be- • INTRODUCTION . tween the two narratives to ...
... empire or at least to act as their ambassador ( Plut . Oth . 18 ad fin . , Tac . ii . 51 ) . It will be apparent at once from this comparison that we have a very remarkable correspondence be- • INTRODUCTION . tween the two narratives to ...
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... empire is reached in the failure of the Julio - Claudian line of emperors . Hitherto the position of the princeps had been , though not technically hereditary , still practi- cally confined to the members of a single family , ' and the ...
... empire is reached in the failure of the Julio - Claudian line of emperors . Hitherto the position of the princeps had been , though not technically hereditary , still practi- cally confined to the members of a single family , ' and the ...
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