A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the triumvirate of Tiberius Gracchus to the fall of the Roman empireWalton and Maberly, 1864 |
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... Imperial consuls , prætors , ædiles , and quæstors - The prefect of the city - Govern- ment of the provinces - Military organization - The Prætorian cohorts and Urban guards - The Legions - The fleet - Finances of the empire - Sum- mary ...
... Imperial consuls , prætors , ædiles , and quæstors - The prefect of the city - Govern- ment of the provinces - Military organization - The Prætorian cohorts and Urban guards - The Legions - The fleet - Finances of the empire - Sum- mary ...
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... imperial horse - block and stuffed skin - Sapor sacks Antioch and Cæsarea - The Saracen kingdom of Palmyra - Oden- athus defeats Sapor - Naval incursions of the Goths - They take Trebizond , ravage Bithynia , sack Cyzicus , pass the ...
... imperial horse - block and stuffed skin - Sapor sacks Antioch and Cæsarea - The Saracen kingdom of Palmyra - Oden- athus defeats Sapor - Naval incursions of the Goths - They take Trebizond , ravage Bithynia , sack Cyzicus , pass the ...
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... imperial republic , but not of an imperial democracy . The corruption which had now taken full possession of the body politic had sprung from a selfish and luxurious aristocracy , seeking office as a means of wealth , and from a venal ...
... imperial republic , but not of an imperial democracy . The corruption which had now taken full possession of the body politic had sprung from a selfish and luxurious aristocracy , seeking office as a means of wealth , and from a venal ...
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... imperial republic , but not of an imperial democracy . The corruption which had now taken full possession of the body politic had sprung from a selfish and luxurious aristocracy , seeking office as a means of wealth , and from a venal ...
... imperial republic , but not of an imperial democracy . The corruption which had now taken full possession of the body politic had sprung from a selfish and luxurious aristocracy , seeking office as a means of wealth , and from a venal ...
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... imperial hero . The East and West have met in decisive conflict , and the rout of Actium has prostrated the world before the fathers , the people , and the gods of his country . The issue of the long struggle of the nations against the ...
... imperial hero . The East and West have met in decisive conflict , and the rout of Actium has prostrated the world before the fathers , the people , and the gods of his country . The issue of the long struggle of the nations against the ...
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Agrippa amidst ancient Antiochus Antony Armenia army Asia Augustus Aurelius barbarians battle Bocchus Brutus Cæsar Caius Caligula called camp campaign Cassius cavalry character chief Christian Cicero Cimbri citizens civil Claudius Cleopatra command Commodus Constantine consul consulship Crassus Danube defeat Diocletian Domitian Drusus East Egypt emperor empire enemy fate father favour force formed Galerius Gaul gave German Germanicus Gracchus Greek Herod historian honour imperial Italian Italy Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Jugurtha Julius Cæsar king land legions Lucullus Marius Maximian Meanwhile Merivale Metellus military Mithridates murder Nero nobles Numidia Octavian Parthian party Pompey popular prætor prætorian prince province put to death reign Republic restored returned to Rome Rhine Roman Rome Scipio seems Sejanus Senate sent Severus slaves soldiers Spain success Sulla Syria Tacitus temple Tiberius tion Titus Trajan tribes tribune triumph triumvirs troops Vespasian victory whole
Passagens conhecidas
Página 167 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Página 368 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Página 97 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Página 155 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition?
Página 155 - His legs bestrid the ocean ; his rear'd arm Crested the world ; his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends ; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder.
Página 318 - Gibbon declares, in a memorable passage, that " 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.
Página 318 - Such princes deserved the honour of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of enjoying a rational freedom.
Página 352 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Página 351 - I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts : according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come : and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 35 - Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the south, and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.