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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... virtue and merit . At his command , the obsequious senate of Rome bestowed the Imperial title on Libius Severus , who ascended the throne of the West with- out emerging from the obscurity of a private condition . History has scarcely ...
... virtue and merit . At his command , the obsequious senate of Rome bestowed the Imperial title on Libius Severus , who ascended the throne of the West with- out emerging from the obscurity of a private condition . History has scarcely ...
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... virtue of the Egyptians . The dis- ciples of Antony and Pachomius were satisfied with their daily pittance , of twelve ounces of bread , or rather bis- cuit , which they divided into two frugal repasts , of the afternoon and of the ...
... virtue of the Egyptians . The dis- ciples of Antony and Pachomius were satisfied with their daily pittance , of twelve ounces of bread , or rather bis- cuit , which they divided into two frugal repasts , of the afternoon and of the ...
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... virtue , Boethius might have been styled happy , if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of man . A philosopher , liberal of his wealth and parsimonious of his time , might be insensible to ...
... virtue , Boethius might have been styled happy , if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of man . A philosopher , liberal of his wealth and parsimonious of his time , might be insensible to ...
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