The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 3Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1994 - 1352 Seiten A history of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, covering a period of thirteen centuries from the age of the Antonines to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks. -- Dust jacket. |
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... nature and history when he affirms “ that in those desert countries nothing was left except the sky and the earth ; that , after the destruction of the cities and the ex- tirpation of the human race , the land was overgrown with thick ...
... nature and history when he affirms “ that in those desert countries nothing was left except the sky and the earth ; that , after the destruction of the cities and the ex- tirpation of the human race , the land was overgrown with thick ...
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... nature , it was not by the licentiousness , but by the austerity , of their lives . They absolutely condemned the use of the marriage - bed ; and the peace of families was often disturbed by indiscreet separations . They enjoined , or ...
... nature , it was not by the licentiousness , but by the austerity , of their lives . They absolutely condemned the use of the marriage - bed ; and the peace of families was often disturbed by indiscreet separations . They enjoined , or ...
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... nature and art . The prosperity , indeed , which Italy had attained in the auspicious age of the Antonines had gradually declined with the decline of the empire . The fruits of a long peace perished under the rude grasp of the ...
... nature and art . The prosperity , indeed , which Italy had attained in the auspicious age of the Antonines had gradually declined with the decline of the empire . The fruits of a long peace perished under the rude grasp of the ...
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