The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 - Byzantine Empire |
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... Spirit of Toleration Of the People Of Philosophers Of the Magistrates In the Provinces At Rome Freedom of Rome Italy The Provinces Colonies , and Municipal Towns Division of the Latin and the Greek Provinces General Use of both the ...
... Spirit of Toleration Of the People Of Philosophers Of the Magistrates In the Provinces At Rome Freedom of Rome Italy The Provinces Colonies , and Municipal Towns Division of the Latin and the Greek Provinces General Use of both the ...
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... and free Spirit of the Romans Extent of their Empire left them no Place of Refuge 132 116 ib . 117 118 119 ib . ib . 120 121 122 123 124 125 1.26 127 128 129 ib . 130 CHAP . 1 CHAP . IV . The Cruelty , Follies , CONTENTS .
... and free Spirit of the Romans Extent of their Empire left them no Place of Refuge 132 116 ib . 117 118 119 ib . ib . 120 121 122 123 124 125 1.26 127 128 129 ib . 130 CHAP . 1 CHAP . IV . The Cruelty , Follies , CONTENTS .
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... Spirit of Persecution 328 Establishment of the Royal Authority in the Provinces 329 Extent and Population of Persia . 339 Recapitulation of the War between the Parthian and Roman Empires 331 165 Cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon 332 216 ...
... Spirit of Persecution 328 Establishment of the Royal Authority in the Provinces 329 Extent and Population of Persia . 339 Recapitulation of the War between the Parthian and Roman Empires 331 165 Cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon 332 216 ...
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... spirit of moderation into the public councils . Inclined to peace by his tem- per and situation , it was easy for him to discover , that Rome in her present exalted situation , had much less to hope than to fear from the chance of arms ...
... spirit of moderation into the public councils . Inclined to peace by his tem- per and situation , it was easy for him to discover , that Rome in her present exalted situation , had much less to hope than to fear from the chance of arms ...
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... spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other , with wild inconstancy ; and while they fought singly , they were successively subdued . Neither the fortitude of ...
... spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other , with wild inconstancy ; and while they fought singly , they were successively subdued . Neither the fortitude of ...
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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.