The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 |
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... Republic Reign of Philip 248 Secular Games Decline of the Roman Empire CHAP . VIII . Of the State of Persia after the Restoration of the Monarchy by Artaxerxes . A. D. Page The Barbarians of the East and of the North Religious Worship ...
... Republic Reign of Philip 248 Secular Games Decline of the Roman Empire CHAP . VIII . Of the State of Persia after the Restoration of the Monarchy by Artaxerxes . A. D. Page The Barbarians of the East and of the North Religious Worship ...
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... republic ; and the empe- rors , for the most part , were satisfied with pre- serving those dominions which had been acquir- ed by the policy of the senate , the active emula- tion of the consuls , and the martial enthusiasm of the ...
... republic ; and the empe- rors , for the most part , were satisfied with pre- serving those dominions which had been acquir- ed by the policy of the senate , the active emula- tion of the consuls , and the martial enthusiasm of the ...
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Edward Gibbon. * On CHAP . which had rendered the legions of the republic I. almost invincible , could make but a very feeble impression on the mercenary servants of a despotic prince ; and it became necessary to supply that defect by ...
Edward Gibbon. * On CHAP . which had rendered the legions of the republic I. almost invincible , could make but a very feeble impression on the mercenary servants of a despotic prince ; and it became necessary to supply that defect by ...
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... republic , of the noblest youths of Rome -and Italy , who , by performing their military ser- vice on horseback , prepared themselves for the offices of senator and consul ; and solicited , by -deeds of valour , the future suffrages of ...
... republic , of the noblest youths of Rome -and Italy , who , by performing their military ser- vice on horseback , prepared themselves for the offices of senator and consul ; and solicited , by -deeds of valour , the future suffrages of ...
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... horse , confound the auxiliaries of the emperors , with the Italian allies of the republic . § Vegetius , ii . 2. Arrian , in his order of march and battle gainst the Alani . I. a smaller size ; but all of which , 24 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... horse , confound the auxiliaries of the emperors , with the Italian allies of the republic . § Vegetius , ii . 2. Arrian , in his order of march and battle gainst the Alani . I. a smaller size ; but all of which , 24 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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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.