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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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. quest of his Barbarian friend , and cut off his head . The wife of Gerontius , who conjured him not to abandon her to a life of misery and disgrace , eagerly presented her neck to his sword ; and the tragic ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. quest of his Barbarian friend , and cut off his head . The wife of Gerontius , who conjured him not to abandon her to a life of misery and disgrace , eagerly presented her neck to his sword ; and the tragic ...
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... head of Valentinian ; on the reverse , Boniface , with a scourge in one hand , and a palm in the other , stand- ing in a triumphal car , which is drawn by four horses , or , in another medal , by four stags ; an unlucky emblem ! I ...
... head of Valentinian ; on the reverse , Boniface , with a scourge in one hand , and a palm in the other , stand- ing in a triumphal car , which is drawn by four horses , or , in another medal , by four stags ; an unlucky emblem ! I ...
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... head , and he filled them with archers , who , from that superior station , commanded the ramparts of the city . After this easy , though successful , campaign , the conqueror entered Syracuse in triumph , at the head of his victorious ...
... head , and he filled them with archers , who , from that superior station , commanded the ramparts of the city . After this easy , though successful , campaign , the conqueror entered Syracuse in triumph , at the head of his victorious ...
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