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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... nobles of an immense capital , who were never excited by the pursuit of military glory , and seldom engaged in the occupations of civil government , naturally resigned their leisure to the business and amusements of private life . At ...
... nobles of an immense capital , who were never excited by the pursuit of military glory , and seldom engaged in the occupations of civil government , naturally resigned their leisure to the business and amusements of private life . At ...
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... nobles , who , unmindful of their own dignity , and of that of their country , assume an un- bounded license of vice and folly . They contend with each other in the empty vanity of titles and surnames ; and cariously select , or invent ...
... nobles , who , unmindful of their own dignity , and of that of their country , assume an un- bounded license of vice and folly . They contend with each other in the empty vanity of titles and surnames ; and cariously select , or invent ...
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... nobles asserted , or betrayed , their hereditary independence ; and the nation was still attached to the Christian princes of Constantinople . In the beginning of the fifth century , Armenia was divided by the progress of war and ...
... nobles asserted , or betrayed , their hereditary independence ; and the nation was still attached to the Christian princes of Constantinople . In the beginning of the fifth century , Armenia was divided by the progress of war and ...
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