The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith, Band 41854 |
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... sovereigns , beheld with equal abhorrence the rebels who opposed , and the ministers who abused , the authority of the throne . Character tration of Rufinus , A.D. 386-395 . 3 Theodosius had tarnished the glory of his reign by the ...
... sovereigns , beheld with equal abhorrence the rebels who opposed , and the ministers who abused , the authority of the throne . Character tration of Rufinus , A.D. 386-395 . 3 Theodosius had tarnished the glory of his reign by the ...
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... sovereign . Regardless of the public opinion , he indulged his passions without remorse and without resistance ; and his malignant and rapacious spirit rejected every passion that might have contributed to his own glory or the happiness ...
... sovereign . Regardless of the public opinion , he indulged his passions without remorse and without resistance ; and his malignant and rapacious spirit rejected every passion that might have contributed to his own glory or the happiness ...
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... sovereign . April 27 . While the præfect satiated his revenge at Antioch , a secret conspi- racy of the favourite eunuchs , directed by the great chamberlain Eutropius , undermined his power in the palace of Constantinople . They ...
... sovereign . April 27 . While the præfect satiated his revenge at Antioch , a secret conspi- racy of the favourite eunuchs , directed by the great chamberlain Eutropius , undermined his power in the palace of Constantinople . They ...
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... sovereign ; and the disgrace of his daughter , whose interest was inseparably connected with his own , wounded the tenderness , or at least the pride , of Rufinus . At the moment when he flattered him- self that he should become the ...
... sovereign ; and the disgrace of his daughter , whose interest was inseparably connected with his own , wounded the tenderness , or at least the pride , of Rufinus . At the moment when he flattered him- self that he should become the ...
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... sovereign . He was named by Theodosius to ratify a solemn treaty with the monarch of Persia : he supported , during that important embassy , the dignity of the Roman name ; and after his return to Constantinople his merit was rewarded ...
... sovereign . He was named by Theodosius to ratify a solemn treaty with the monarch of Persia : he supported , during that important embassy , the dignity of the Roman name ; and after his return to Constantinople his merit was rewarded ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aëtius Africa Alani Alaric Alps ambition ancient Anthemius Arcadius arms army arts Attila Augustin Avitus barbarians bishop Bonn Cæsar camp captive Carthage cavalry celebrated character Christian Chronicle Chrysostom church Claudian command conqueror conquest Constantine Constantinople consulship court danger Danube death deserved disgrace East Ecclés emperor enemy Epist eunuch Eutropius expression faithful favour favourite fortune Gaul Genseric gold Gothic king Goths Greek Hist historian Honorius honourable hundred Huns Idatius Imperial Italy Jerom Jornandes laws Majorian Marcellinus Mém military minister monarch monks nations negociation noble Odoacer oppressed Orosius Pagan palace palace of Constantinople Panegyr peace perhaps Placidia poet præfect prince Priscus Procopius provinces Radagaisus rank Ravenna reign republic retreat revenge Ricimer Roman Rome royal Rufinus ruin Scythia senate Sidonius soldiers soon sovereign Sozomen Spain spirit Stilicho subjects Suevi Theodosius thousand throne Tillemont treaty troops tyrant usurper Valentinian valour Vandals victory Visigoths Zosimus
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 111 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Seite 24 - MAWE'S (HL) Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, crossing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru, and descending the great River Maranon.
Seite 194 - Attila, the son of Mundzuk, deduced his noble, perhaps his regal, descent from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuk; a large head, a swarthy complexion, small, deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body, of nervous strength,...
Seite 10 - From the First Invasion by the Romans, down to the 14th year of Queen Victoria's Reign. By MRS.
Seite 46 - The correspondence of nations was in that age so imperfect and precarious that the revolutions of the North might escape the knowledge of the court of Ravenna; till the dark cloud which was collected along the coast of the Baltic burst in thunder upon the banks of the Upper Danube.
Seite 5 - The three witnesses have been established in our Greek Testaments by the prudence of Erasmus; the honest bigotry of the Complutensian editors; the typographical fraud, or error, of Robert Stephens in the placing a crotchet; and the deliberate falsehood, or strange misapprehension, of Theodore Beza.