The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 |
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... remained less exposed , whilst he inflicted a more dangerous wound on his ad- versary . The legion was usually drawn up eight deep ; and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files as well as ranks + . A body of troops ...
... remained less exposed , whilst he inflicted a more dangerous wound on his ad- versary . The legion was usually drawn up eight deep ; and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files as well as ranks + . A body of troops ...
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... remained imperfect , was di- vided into ten troops or squadrons ; the first , as the companion of the first cohort , consisted of an hundred and thirty - two men ; whilst each of the other nine amounted only to sixty - six . The entire ...
... remained imperfect , was di- vided into ten troops or squadrons ; the first , as the companion of the first cohort , consisted of an hundred and thirty - two men ; whilst each of the other nine amounted only to sixty - six . The entire ...
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... remained fixed and permanent , we may venture to describe the distribution of the troops . Three legions were sufficient for Britain . The principal strength lay upon the Rhine and Danube , and consisted of sixteen legions , in the ...
... remained fixed and permanent , we may venture to describe the distribution of the troops . Three legions were sufficient for Britain . The principal strength lay upon the Rhine and Danube , and consisted of sixteen legions , in the ...
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... remained the capital of a great mo- narchy . The kingdom of Macedonia , which , under Ꭰ 3 200t to tamo * The Save rises near the confines of Istria , and was con sidered by the more early Greeks as the principal stream of the Danube ...
... remained the capital of a great mo- narchy . The kingdom of Macedonia , which , under Ꭰ 3 200t to tamo * The Save rises near the confines of Istria , and was con sidered by the more early Greeks as the principal stream of the Danube ...
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... remained , however , very fashionable under his reign ( Ovid . de Art . Amand . 1. i . ) and that of his successor , till the justice of Tiberius was provoked to some acts of severity . ( See Taçit , Annal , ii . 85. Joseph . Antiquit ...
... remained , however , very fashionable under his reign ( Ovid . de Art . Amand . 1. i . ) and that of his successor , till the justice of Tiberius was provoked to some acts of severity . ( See Taçit , Annal , ii . 85. Joseph . Antiquit ...
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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.