The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 - Byzantine Empire |
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... the year eight hundred , established the second , or German Empire of the West . III . The last and longest of these periods includes about six centuries and a half ; འ from from the revival of the Western Empire , till the iv PREFACE .
... the year eight hundred , established the second , or German Empire of the West . III . The last and longest of these periods includes about six centuries and a half ; འ from from the revival of the Western Empire , till the iv PREFACE .
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... Germans Fables and Conjectures 349 359 The Germans ignorant of Letters 351 of Arts and Agriculture 353 of the Use of Metals 355 Their Indolence Their Taste for strong Liquors 356 State of Population .358 359 German Freedom Assemblies of ...
... Germans Fables and Conjectures 349 359 The Germans ignorant of Letters 351 of Arts and Agriculture 353 of the Use of Metals 355 Their Indolence Their Taste for strong Liquors 356 State of Population .358 359 German Freedom Assemblies of ...
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... Germans Page Voluntary Engagements German Chastity Its probable Causes " 365 ib . 367 368 Religion Its Effects in Peace 370 372 in War The Bards 373 Causes which checked the Progress of the Ger- 374 mans Want of Arms of Discipline Civil ...
... Germans Page Voluntary Engagements German Chastity Its probable Causes " 365 ib . 367 368 Religion Its Effects in Peace 370 372 in War The Bards 373 Causes which checked the Progress of the Ger- 374 mans Want of Arms of Discipline Civil ...
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Edward Gibbon. A. D. The Gothic Nation increases in its march Distinction of the Germans and Sarmatians Description of the Ukraine The Goths invade the Roman Provinces 250 Various Events of the Gothic War Page 394 395 396 397 398 251 ...
Edward Gibbon. A. D. The Gothic Nation increases in its march Distinction of the Germans and Sarmatians Description of the Ukraine The Goths invade the Roman Provinces 250 Various Events of the Gothic War Page 394 395 396 397 398 251 ...
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... Germans by the emperor Marcus . The hostilities of the barbarians pro- voked the resentment of that philosophic mo- narch , and , in the prosecution of a just defence , Marcus and his generals obtained many signal victories , both on ...
... Germans by the emperor Marcus . The hostilities of the barbarians pro- voked the resentment of that philosophic mo- narch , and , in the prosecution of a just defence , Marcus and his generals obtained many signal victories , both on ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.