The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 - Byzantine Empire |
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... obliged to enter into the general history of the Crusades , as far as they contributed to the ruin of the Greek Empire ; and he would scarcely be able to restrain his curiosity from making some inquiry into the state of the city of Rome ...
... obliged to enter into the general history of the Crusades , as far as they contributed to the ruin of the Greek Empire ; and he would scarcely be able to restrain his curiosity from making some inquiry into the state of the city of Rome ...
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... obliged the vanquished Quadi li and Marco- mauni to supply him with a large body of troops , which he im- mediately sent into Britain ... Dion Cassius , 1. Ixxi . * ** Tacit . Annal . iv . Those who fix a regular proportion of as many ...
... obliged the vanquished Quadi li and Marco- mauni to supply him with a large body of troops , which he im- mediately sent into Britain ... Dion Cassius , 1. Ixxi . * ** Tacit . Annal . iv . Those who fix a regular proportion of as many ...
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... obliged to have one third of their own landed property in Italy . See Plin . l . vi . ep . 19. The qualifi- cation was reduced by Marcus to one - fourth . Since the reign of Trajan , Italy had sunk nearer to the level of the provinces ...
... obliged to have one third of their own landed property in Italy . See Plin . l . vi . ep . 19. The qualifi- cation was reduced by Marcus to one - fourth . Since the reign of Trajan , Italy had sunk nearer to the level of the provinces ...
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... disappointment and envy , is obliged , however , to say , Juvenes , circumspicit et agitat vos , Materiamque sibi Ducis indulgentia quærit . Sat. vii . 20 . 11 . were successfully cultivated by the Greeks the cu 92 THE DECLINE AND FALL 25.
... disappointment and envy , is obliged , however , to say , Juvenes , circumspicit et agitat vos , Materiamque sibi Ducis indulgentia quærit . Sat. vii . 20 . 11 . were successfully cultivated by the Greeks the cu 92 THE DECLINE AND FALL 25.
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... nature ty , but the asseted those of Military discipline ; ) people , who ablered the action , was obliged to respect the principie . un and and the pe III . divided kingdoms , founded colonies , and distri- IGO THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... nature ty , but the asseted those of Military discipline ; ) people , who ablered the action , was obliged to respect the principie . un and and the pe III . divided kingdoms , founded colonies , and distri- IGO THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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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.