The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, Volume 2Crosby and Nichols, 1862 |
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... Legions • 322 The Propontis 290 Difficulty of Levies . 323 The Hellespont 290 Increase of Barbarian Auxi- Advantages of Constanti- liaries 324 nople 292 • IV . Seven Ministers of the Foundation of the City Its Extent . 293 Palace ...
... Legions • 322 The Propontis 290 Difficulty of Levies . 323 The Hellespont 290 Increase of Barbarian Auxi- Advantages of Constanti- liaries 324 nople 292 • IV . Seven Ministers of the Foundation of the City Its Extent . 293 Palace ...
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... legions , and advanced beyond the Po to encounter his competitor . The corrupted name of Pontirolo still preserves the memory of a bridge over the Adda . which , during the action , must have proved an object of the utmost importance to ...
... legions , and advanced beyond the Po to encounter his competitor . The corrupted name of Pontirolo still preserves the memory of a bridge over the Adda . which , during the action , must have proved an object of the utmost importance to ...
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... legions either in the field of battle or in the cruel abuse of victory . He painted in the most lively colours the exhausted state of the treasury , the desolation of the provinces , the disgrace of the Roman name , and the insolent ...
... legions either in the field of battle or in the cruel abuse of victory . He painted in the most lively colours the exhausted state of the treasury , the desolation of the provinces , the disgrace of the Roman name , and the insolent ...
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... legions at first gave way , oppressed by numbers and dismayed by misfortunes . Their ruin was inevitable , had not the abilities of their emperor prepared a seasonable relief . A large de- tachment , rising out of the secret and ...
... legions at first gave way , oppressed by numbers and dismayed by misfortunes . Their ruin was inevitable , had not the abilities of their emperor prepared a seasonable relief . A large de- tachment , rising out of the secret and ...
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... legion , the inspector of the camp , the general , or , as it was then called , the duke of a frontier ; and at length , during the Gothic war , exercised the important office of commander - in - chief of the cavalry . In every station ...
... legion , the inspector of the camp , the general , or , as it was then called , the duke of a frontier ; and at length , during the Gothic war , exercised the important office of commander - in - chief of the cavalry . In every station ...
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Page 19 - 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 155 - 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 60 - ... 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 172 - 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 245 - 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 290 - 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 152 - 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 218 - 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 292 - 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 28 - 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...