The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1J.A. James, 1841 - Byzantine Empire |
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... Macrinus - Follies of Elagabalus -Virtues of Alexander Severus - Licentiousness of the Army - General State of the ... Macrinus attempts a Reformation of the Army ib . Death of the Empress Julia ....... Education , Pretensions , and ...
... Macrinus - Follies of Elagabalus -Virtues of Alexander Severus - Licentiousness of the Army - General State of the ... Macrinus attempts a Reformation of the Army ib . Death of the Empress Julia ....... Education , Pretensions , and ...
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... Macrinus - Follies of Elagabalus - Virtues of Alexander Severus - Licentiousness of the army- General state of the Roman finances . THE ascent to greatness , however steep and dangerous , may entertain an active spirit with the ...
... Macrinus - Follies of Elagabalus - Virtues of Alexander Severus - Licentiousness of the army- General state of the Roman finances . THE ascent to greatness , however steep and dangerous , may entertain an active spirit with the ...
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... Macrinus , who , by his dexterity in business , had raised himself with a fair character , to that high office . But his favour varied with the caprice of the emperor , and his life might depend on the slightest suspicion , or the most ...
... Macrinus , who , by his dexterity in business , had raised himself with a fair character , to that high office . But his favour varied with the caprice of the emperor , and his life might depend on the slightest suspicion , or the most ...
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... Macrinus read his fate , and resolved to prevent it . He inflamed the discontents of some inferior officers , and employed the hand of Martialis , a desperate soldier , who had been refused the rank of centurion . The devotion of ...
... Macrinus read his fate , and resolved to prevent it . He inflamed the discontents of some inferior officers , and employed the hand of Martialis , a desperate soldier , who had been refused the rank of centurion . The devotion of ...
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... Macrinus was surveyed by the sharp eye of discontent , some vices , and many defects , were easily discovered . The choice of his ministers was in many instances justly censured , and the dissatisfied people , with their usual candour ...
... Macrinus was surveyed by the sharp eye of discontent , some vices , and many defects , were easily discovered . The choice of his ministers was in many instances justly censured , and the dissatisfied people , with their usual candour ...
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