The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Fleischer, 1821 |
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... to pos- sess the sovereign authority , and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of govern- ment . During a happy period of more than 4. D. 98- VOL . I. B 180 . I. CHAP . fourscore years , the public administration was.
... to pos- sess the sovereign authority , and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of govern- ment . During a happy period of more than 4. D. 98- VOL . I. B 180 . I. CHAP . fourscore years , the public administration was.
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... sovereign , withdrew the Roman garri- sons from the provinces of Armenia , Mesopo- tamia , and Assyria , and in compliance with the precept of Augustus , once more established the Euphrates as the frontier of the empire . Cen- sure ...
... sovereign , withdrew the Roman garri- sons from the provinces of Armenia , Mesopo- tamia , and Assyria , and in compliance with the precept of Augustus , once more established the Euphrates as the frontier of the empire . Cen- sure ...
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... , Siecle de Louis XIV , c . 29. It must , however be remem bere , that France still feels that extraordinary effort . .... I. tween two sovereigns , was distributed by Au- 30 THE DECLINE AND FALL Amount of the whole establishment.
... , Siecle de Louis XIV , c . 29. It must , however be remem bere , that France still feels that extraordinary effort . .... I. tween two sovereigns , was distributed by Au- 30 THE DECLINE AND FALL Amount of the whole establishment.
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Edward Gibbon .... I. tween two sovereigns , was distributed by Au- CHAP . gustus into three provinces , Lusitania , Bætica , and Tarraconensis . The kingdom of Portugal now fills the place of the warlike country of the Lusitanians ...
Edward Gibbon .... I. tween two sovereigns , was distributed by Au- CHAP . gustus into three provinces , Lusitania , Bætica , and Tarraconensis . The kingdom of Portugal now fills the place of the warlike country of the Lusitanians ...
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... . But the geography and anti- quities of the western Illyricum can be expected only from the munifi cence of the emperor , its sovereign . m I. Dacia . After the Danube had received the 35 THE DECLINE AND FALL Noricum and Pannonia Dalmatia.
... . But the geography and anti- quities of the western Illyricum can be expected only from the munifi cence of the emperor , its sovereign . m I. Dacia . After the Danube had received the 35 THE DECLINE AND FALL Noricum and Pannonia Dalmatia.
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