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" It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius,... "
Elements of Universal History, on a New and Systematic Plan: From the ... - Seite 128
von Henry White - 1844 - 561 Seiten
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1

Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 Seiten
...Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled...Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the g-ofligate and. cruel Nero, Ihe beastly Vitellius,(4) and the timid inhuman omitian, are condemned...
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Memoir of Henry Augustus Ingalls ...

Henry Augustus Ingalls, George Washington Burnap - 1846 - 236 Seiten
...and the same government of " absolute power," the dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid, inhuman Domitian, committed atrocities such as condemn them to everlasting infamy. During the reign of Gallienus, such...
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Horæ Apocalypticæ: Or, A Commentary on the Apocalypse, Critical and ...

Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...their " age of iron," from Tiberius to Domitian ; Vespasian and his son Titus being alone excepted. " Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre...inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy." 3 See my brief historic picture of the state of the empire at the time of St. John's seeing the Apocalypse,...
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The History of Greece from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1833

William Hendry Stowell - 1848 - 400 Seiten
...them, for the Saviour's sake, of immortal purity and bliss in heaven. 391. The state of Greece, under "the dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula,...beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian," would not fail to awaken bitter regret at the loss of ancient freedom ; and the miseries of the people...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1

Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 664 Seiten
...Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled...cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius," and the timid, *1 Vitellius consumed in mere eating at least six millions of our money in about seven months. It is...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes ..., Band 1

Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 Seiten
...Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled...cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, ^ and the timid *° Vitellius consumed in mere eating at least six millions of our money in about seven months. It...
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The student's text-book of English and general history from B.C. 100

Dorothea Beale - 1858 - 188 Seiten
...with which the last century closed at Rome, was succeeded by one of gloom. Gibbon thus speaks of the successors of Augustus : — " Their unparalleled...feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the hateful Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During fourscore...
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Heads of an Analysis of Roman History: With Brief Extracts from Standard ...

Dawson William Turner - 1861 - 124 Seiten
...of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is most superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled...and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, has saved them from oblivion. The dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius,...
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The Political Writings of Richard Cobden, Band 1

Richard Cobden - 1867 - 522 Seiten
...that devoted land, until long after the " dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the stupid Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian " had, by exterminating every ancient family of the republic, and extirpating every virtue and every...
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Political Writings: England, Ireland and America, 1835. Russia, 1836. 1793 ...

Richard Cobden - 1867 - 530 Seiten
...that devoted land, until long after the " dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the stupid Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Domitian " had, by exterminating every ancient family of the republic, and extirpating every virtue and every...
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