The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19 черв. 2000 р. - 848 стор. Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe, were drawn from the meanest, and very frequently from the most ... soldier must often escape the notice of fame, his own behaviour might sometimes confer glory or disgrace on the ...
... soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe, were drawn from the meanest, and very frequently from the most ... soldier must often escape the notice of fame, his own behaviour might sometimes confer glory or disgrace on the ...
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... soldiers were constantly trained both in the morning and in the evening, nor was age or knowledge allowed to excuse the veterans from the daily repetition of what they had completely learnt. Large sheds were erected in the winter ...
... soldiers were constantly trained both in the morning and in the evening, nor was age or knowledge allowed to excuse the veterans from the daily repetition of what they had completely learnt. Large sheds were erected in the winter ...
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... soldiers, to reward the diligent, and sometimes to dispute with them the prize of superior strength or dexterity.40 Under the reigns of those princes, the science of tactics was cultivated with success; and as long as the empire ...
... soldiers, to reward the diligent, and sometimes to dispute with them the prize of superior strength or dexterity.40 Under the reigns of those princes, the science of tactics was cultivated with success; and as long as the empire ...
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Edward Gibbon David Womersley. hundred and five soldiers, the most approved for valour and fidelity. The remaining ... soldier grasped in his right hand the formidable pilum, a ponderous javelin, whose utmost length was about six feet ...
Edward Gibbon David Womersley. hundred and five soldiers, the most approved for valour and fidelity. The remaining ... soldier grasped in his right hand the formidable pilum, a ponderous javelin, whose utmost length was about six feet ...
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... soldiers; and the veterans, whether they received the reward of their service in land or in money, usually settled with their families in the country, where they had honourably spent their youth. Throughout the empire, but more ...
... soldiers; and the veterans, whether they received the reward of their service in land or in money, usually settled with their families in the country, where they had honourably spent their youth. Throughout the empire, but more ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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