The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen1J. Murray, 1854 |
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... Geta 264 Their mutual Aversion to each other . 264 Greatness and Discontent of Severus 263 His Wife the Empress Julia 263 Their two Sons , Caracalla and 213. His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire . Relaxation of Discipline ...
... Geta 264 Their mutual Aversion to each other . 264 Greatness and Discontent of Severus 263 His Wife the Empress Julia 263 Their two Sons , Caracalla and 213. His Tyranny extended over the whole Empire . Relaxation of Discipline ...
Página 264
... Geta . Two sons , Caracalla and Geta , were the fruit of this marriage , and the destined heirs of the empire . The fond hopes of the father , and of the Roman world , were soon disappointed by these vain youths , who displayed the ...
... Geta . Two sons , Caracalla and Geta , were the fruit of this marriage , and the destined heirs of the empire . The fond hopes of the father , and of the Roman world , were soon disappointed by these vain youths , who displayed the ...
Página 265
... Geta courted the affections of the people and the soldiers . In the anguish of a disappointed father , Severus ... Geta to the year 208 . " Herodian , 1. iii . [ c . 13 ] p . 130. The lives of Caracalla and Geta , in the Augustan History ...
... Geta courted the affections of the people and the soldiers . In the anguish of a disappointed father , Severus ... Geta to the year 208 . " Herodian , 1. iii . [ c . 13 ] p . 130. The lives of Caracalla and Geta , in the Augustan History ...
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... Geta resided in the gardens that bore his name on the Janiculum , and if Caracalla inhabited the gardens of Mæcenas on the Esquiline , the rival brothers were separated from each other by the distance of several miles ; and yet the ...
... Geta resided in the gardens that bore his name on the Janiculum , and if Caracalla inhabited the gardens of Mæcenas on the Esquiline , the rival brothers were separated from each other by the distance of several miles ; and yet the ...
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... Geta , who might fix his residence at Alexandria or Antioch , cities little inferior to Rome itself in wealth and greatness ; that numerous armies should be con- stantly encamped on either side of the Thracian Bosphorus , to guard the ...
... Geta , who might fix his residence at Alexandria or Antioch , cities little inferior to Rome itself in wealth and greatness ; that numerous armies should be con- stantly encamped on either side of the Thracian Bosphorus , to guard the ...
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“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumen1 Edward Gibbon Vista completa - 1895 |
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Página 85 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins, of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter', that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Página 109 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :"and Mr.
Página 56 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Página 51 - Locke, into a large commonplace book; a practice, however, which I do not strenuously recommend. The action of the pen will doubtless imprint an idea on the mind as well as on the paper: but I much question whether the benefits of this laborious method are adequate to the waste of time; and I must agree with Dr. Johnson (Idler, No. 74), "that what is twice read is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.
Página 99 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably satisfied with their effect.
Página 137 - IN the second century of the Christian ^Era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Página 165 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful...
Página 48 - After finishing this great author, a library of eloquence and reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics,* under the four divisions of, 1. Historians, 2. Poets, 3. Orators, and 4. Philosophers, in a chronological series, from the days of Plautus and Sallust, to the decline of the language and empire of Rome...
Página 7 - It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
Página 29 - In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.