The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ... [With a Portrait and Maps.], Volume 1T. Tegg, 1816 |
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... hundred , established the second , or German em- pire of the West . III . The last and longest of these periods in- cludes about six centuries and a half ; from the revival of the Western Empire , till the taking of Constantinople by ...
... hundred , established the second , or German em- pire of the West . III . The last and longest of these periods in- cludes about six centuries and a half ; from the revival of the Western Empire , till the taking of Constantinople by ...
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... hundred and fifty - three . The most patient reader , who computes that three ponderous volumes have been already employ- ed on the events of four centuries , may , per- haps , be alarmed at the long prospect of nine hundred years . But ...
... hundred and fifty - three . The most patient reader , who computes that three ponderous volumes have been already employ- ed on the events of four centuries , may , per- haps , be alarmed at the long prospect of nine hundred years . But ...
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... hundred miles in circumference . Its natu- ral boundaries were the Niester , the Teyss , or Tibiscus , the Lower Danube , and the Euxine sea . The vestiges of a military road may still be traced from the banks of the Danube to the ...
... hundred miles in circumference . Its natu- ral boundaries were the Niester , the Teyss , or Tibiscus , the Lower Danube , and the Euxine sea . The vestiges of a military road may still be traced from the banks of the Danube to the ...
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... hundred pounds sterling ) , or a proportionable allowance of land . The pay and advantages of the guards were , in general , about double those of the legions . ` n Exercitus ab exercitando , Varro de Linguâ , Latinâ , 1. iv . Cicero in ...
... hundred pounds sterling ) , or a proportionable allowance of land . The pay and advantages of the guards were , in general , about double those of the legions . ` n Exercitus ab exercitando , Varro de Linguâ , Latinâ , 1. iv . Cicero in ...
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... hundred and five soldiers , the most ap- proved for valour and fidelity . The remaining nine cohorts consisted each of five hundred and fifty - five ; and the whole body of legionary in- fantry amounted to six thousand one hundred men ...
... hundred and five soldiers , the most ap- proved for valour and fidelity . The remaining nine cohorts consisted each of five hundred and fifty - five ; and the whole body of legionary in- fantry amounted to six thousand one hundred men ...
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