The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, Volume 2Crosby and Nichols, 1862 |
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... Tacitus • • He is elected Emperor . He accepts the Purple . Authority of the Senate Their Joy and Confidence 276. Tacitus is acknowledged by the Army The Alani invade Asia , and are repulsed by Tacitus 276. Death of the Emperor Ta ...
... Tacitus • • He is elected Emperor . He accepts the Purple . Authority of the Senate Their Joy and Confidence 276. Tacitus is acknowledged by the Army The Alani invade Asia , and are repulsed by Tacitus 276. Death of the Emperor Ta ...
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... Tacitus relative to the Per- secution of the Christians tian to begin a general Per- secution 268 by Nero 234 303. Demolition of the Church of Oppression of the Jews and Nicomedia . 269 · Christians by Domitian 237 Execution of Clemens ...
... Tacitus relative to the Per- secution of the Christians tian to begin a general Per- secution 268 by Nero 234 303. Demolition of the Church of Oppression of the Jews and Nicomedia . 269 · Christians by Domitian 237 Execution of Clemens ...
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... TACITUS , PROBUS , CARUS AND HIS SONS . 66 66 between the army and for SUCH was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors , that , whatever might be their conduct , their fate was commonly Extraordi- the same . A life of pleasure or ...
... TACITUS , PROBUS , CARUS AND HIS SONS . 66 66 between the army and for SUCH was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors , that , whatever might be their conduct , their fate was commonly Extraordi- the same . A life of pleasure or ...
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... Tacitus only six months ( not eight , as Gibbon says ) , it is proposed to read " III . Non . Apr. " instead of " III . Non . Febr . , " which will place the death of Aurelian at the end of March . Tacitus was elected the 25th of ...
... Tacitus only six months ( not eight , as Gibbon says ) , it is proposed to read " III . Non . Apr. " instead of " III . Non . Febr . , " which will place the death of Aurelian at the end of March . Tacitus was elected the 25th of ...
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... Tacitus more truly noble than that of Character kings . He claimed his descent from the philosophic of Tacitus . historian whose writings will instruct the last generations of man- kind . " The senator Tacitus was then seventy - five ...
... Tacitus more truly noble than that of Character kings . He claimed his descent from the philosophic of Tacitus . historian whose writings will instruct the last generations of man- kind . " The senator Tacitus was then seventy - five ...
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Page 25 - But if we except the doubtful achievements of Semiramis, Zenobia is, perhaps, the only female whose superior genius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia.
Page 161 - And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Page 66 - ... over their heads. The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics.* In the centre of the edifice the arena or stage was strewed with the finest sand, and successively assumed the most different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns of Thrace.
Page 178 - When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind on condition of adopting the faith, and of observing the precepts, of the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire.
Page 251 - Actum quem debuisti, mi Secunde, in excutiendis causis eorum qui Christiani ad te delati fuerant secutus es. Neque enim in universum aliquid quod quasi certam formam habeat constitui potest.
Page 296 - Between the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, the shores of Europe and Asia receding on either side enclose the Sea of Marmara, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of Propontis. The navigation from the issue of the Bosphorus to the entrance of the Hellespont is about one hundred and twenty miles. Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis may at once descry the high...
Page 158 - Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry, an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned ; that it was owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and to the ruling providence of its great Author.
Page 224 - But how shall we excuse the supine inattention of the Pagan and philosophic world to those evidences which were presented by the hand of Omnipotence, not to their reason, but to their senses? During the age of Christ, of his apostles, and of their first disciples, the doctrine which they preached was confirmed by innumerable prodigies. The lame walked, the blind saw, the sick were healed, the dead were raised, daemons were expelled, and the laws of Nature were frequently suspended for the benefit...
Page 298 - We are at present qualified to view the advantageous position of Constantinople ; which appears to have been formed by nature for the centre and capital of a great monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded from her seven hills...
Page 34 - The most illustrious of the senate, the people, and the army closed the solemn procession. Unfeigned joy, wonder, and gratitude swelled the acclamations of the multitude; but the satisfaction of the senate was clouded by the appearance of Tetricus; nor could they suppress a rising murmur that the haughty emperor should thus expose to public ignominy the person of a Roman and a...