The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Том 3Macmillan, 1914 |
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... Fritigern , and Alavivus were the most illustrious , by their personal merit , as well as by their vicinity to the Roman provinces . These domestic conquests , which increased the military power of Hermanric , enlarged his ambitious ...
... Fritigern , and Alavivus were the most illustrious , by their personal merit , as well as by their vicinity to the Roman provinces . These domestic conquests , which increased the military power of Hermanric , enlarged his ambitious ...
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... Fritigern and Alavivus , the body of the nation hastily advanced to the banks of the great river , and implored the protection of the Roman emperor of the East . Athanaric himself , still anxious to avoid the guilt of perjury , retired ...
... Fritigern and Alavivus , the body of the nation hastily advanced to the banks of the great river , and implored the protection of the Roman emperor of the East . Athanaric himself , still anxious to avoid the guilt of perjury , retired ...
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... Fritigern were the Revolt of leaders of the Visigoths in peace and war ; and the authority in Masia , which they derived from their birth was ratified by the free first vic- consent of the nation . In a season of tranquillity , their ...
... Fritigern were the Revolt of leaders of the Visigoths in peace and war ; and the authority in Masia , which they derived from their birth was ratified by the free first vic- consent of the nation . In a season of tranquillity , their ...
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... Fritigern and Alavivus . The clamorous shouts and dying groans apprised Fritigern of his extreme danger ; and , as he possessed the calm and intrepid spirit of a hero , he saw that he was lost if he allowed a moment of deliberation to ...
... Fritigern and Alavivus . The clamorous shouts and dying groans apprised Fritigern of his extreme danger ; and , as he possessed the calm and intrepid spirit of a hero , he saw that he was lost if he allowed a moment of deliberation to ...
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... Fritigern that they broke , by a close and vigorous attack , the ranks of the Roman legions . Lupicinus left his arms and standards , his tribunes and his bravest soldiers , on the field of battle ; and their useless courage served only ...
... Fritigern that they broke , by a close and vigorous attack , the ranks of the Roman legions . Lupicinus left his arms and standards , his tribunes and his bravest soldiers , on the field of battle ; and their useless courage served only ...
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