The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 |
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Edward Gibbon. 1 CHAP . IV . The Cruelty , Follies , and Murder of Commodus.Election of Pertinax . - His Attempts to Reform ... Murder of Pertinax by the Prætorians 165 ib . a 4 CHAP . A CHAP . V. Public Sale of the Empire to CONTENTS . XV .
Edward Gibbon. 1 CHAP . IV . The Cruelty , Follies , and Murder of Commodus.Election of Pertinax . - His Attempts to Reform ... Murder of Pertinax by the Prætorians 165 ib . a 4 CHAP . A CHAP . V. Public Sale of the Empire to CONTENTS . XV .
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... Murder of Geta Remorse and Cruelty of Caracallat Death of Papinian Relaxation of Discipline 213 His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire 212 214 215 217 218 ... Murder A D. 217 Murder of Caracalla Imitation of Alexander 16 CONTENTS . xvii.
... Murder of Geta Remorse and Cruelty of Caracallat Death of Papinian Relaxation of Discipline 213 His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire 212 214 215 217 218 ... Murder A D. 217 Murder of Caracalla Imitation of Alexander 16 CONTENTS . xvii.
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... Murder of Elagabalus 239 Accession of Alexander Severus 240 Power of his Mother Mamæa 241 His wise and moderate Administration 243 222-235 . General Happiness of the Roman World Education and virtuous Temper of Alexander Journal of his ...
... Murder of Elagabalus 239 Accession of Alexander Severus 240 Power of his Mother Mamæa 241 His wise and moderate Administration 243 222-235 . General Happiness of the Roman World Education and virtuous Temper of Alexander Journal of his ...
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... Murder of Alexander Severus Tyranny of Maximin Oppression of the Provinces Character and Elevation of the two Gordians They solicit the Confirmation of their Authority The Senate ratifies their Election of the Gordians Declares Maximin ...
... Murder of Alexander Severus Tyranny of Maximin Oppression of the Provinces Character and Elevation of the two Gordians They solicit the Confirmation of their Authority The Senate ratifies their Election of the Gordians Declares Maximin ...
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... Murder of Maximin and his Son His Portrait Joy of the Roman World Sedition at Rome Discontent of the Prætorian Guards Pgae 289 290 292 293 ib . 294 296 ib . 298 299 300 . ib . 302 303 304 306 ib . 307 308 309 ib . ib . 311 · 312 313 238 ...
... Murder of Maximin and his Son His Portrait Joy of the Roman World Sedition at Rome Discontent of the Prætorian Guards Pgae 289 290 292 293 ib . 294 296 ib . 298 299 300 . ib . 302 303 304 306 ib . 307 308 309 ib . ib . 311 · 312 313 238 ...
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Página 130 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom.
Página 8 - After a war of about forty years, undertaken by the most stupid, maintained by the most dissolute, and terminated by the most timid of all the emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke.
Página 357 - ... each barbarian fixed his independent dwelling on the spot to which a plain, a wood, or a stream of fresh water, had induced him to give the preference.
Página 90 - But in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property.
Página 130 - The labours of these monarchs were overpaid by the immense reward that inseparably waited on their success ; by the honest pride of virtue, and by the exquisite delight of beholding the general happiness of which they were the authors.
Página 144 - But the words of the assassin sunk deep into the mind of Commodus, and left an indelible impression of fear and hatred against the whole body of the senate.* Those whom he had dreaded as importunate ministers, he now suspected as secret enemies. The Delators, a race of men discouraged, and almost extinguished, under the former reigns, again became formidable, as soon as they discovered that the emperor was desirous of nmding disaffection and treason in the senate.
Página 274 - Experience overturns these airy fabrics, and teaches us that in a large society the election of a monarch can never devolve to the wisest or to the most numerous part of the people.
Página 51 - Platonists endeavoured to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety. They have left us the most sublime proofs of the existence and perfections of the first cause; but, as it was impossible for them to conceive the creation of matter, the workman in the Stoic philosophy was not sufficiently distinguished from the work; whilst, on the contrary, the spiritual God of Plato and his disciples resembled an idea rather than a substance.
Página 154 - They only forgot to observe that, in the first ages of society, when the fiercer animals often dispute with man the possession of an unsettled country, a successful war against those savages is one of the most innocent and beneficial labours of heroism.
Página 49 - Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular disorder, or a distant journey, perpetually disposed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the list of his protectors.