A General History of Rome: From the Foundation of the City to the Fall of Augustulus, B.C. 753-A.D. 476Harper and Brothers, 1886 - 701 páginas |
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... Paganism " by Bengnot and Chastel , nor the impartial contributions to the history of the time in the admirable works of Ampére and Amedée Thierry . The English reader needs hardly to be referred to the fair and gener- ous appreciation ...
... Paganism " by Bengnot and Chastel , nor the impartial contributions to the history of the time in the admirable works of Ampére and Amedée Thierry . The English reader needs hardly to be referred to the fair and gener- ous appreciation ...
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... Pagan persecutions . - Elagabalus , priest of the Sun at Edessa , put forward as emperor . - Macrinus defeated and ... Pagans . ( A.D. 305-337 . ) ...... . CHAPTER LXXII . 581 Constantinople becomes the real capital of the empire ...
... Pagan persecutions . - Elagabalus , priest of the Sun at Edessa , put forward as emperor . - Macrinus defeated and ... Pagans . ( A.D. 305-337 . ) ...... . CHAPTER LXXII . 581 Constantinople becomes the real capital of the empire ...
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... Paganism and of Christianity at Rome . - Visit of Constantius . He requires the Pope Libe- rius to condemn Athanasius ... Pagan worship . - His campaign against the Persians ; his vic- tory and death , A.D. 363. - The progress of the ...
... Paganism and of Christianity at Rome . - Visit of Constantius . He requires the Pope Libe- rius to condemn Athanasius ... Pagan worship . - His campaign against the Persians ; his vic- tory and death , A.D. 363. - The progress of the ...
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... Pagans . - Alaric re- duces Rome a second time , and sets up Attalus as emperor under him . He enters and plunders Rome , but respects the sanctuaries of the Christian churches . - Death of Alaric and retreat of the Goths . - Rome ...
... Pagans . - Alaric re- duces Rome a second time , and sets up Attalus as emperor under him . He enters and plunders Rome , but respects the sanctuaries of the Christian churches . - Death of Alaric and retreat of the Goths . - Rome ...
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... Pagan religions which was raging around him . If Augustus regarded his predecessor as a favorer of the general dis- solution of fixed creeds , he would be the more inclined himself to lend all his weight to the support of the old ...
... Pagan religions which was raging around him . If Augustus regarded his predecessor as a favorer of the general dis- solution of fixed creeds , he would be the more inclined himself to lend all his weight to the support of the old ...
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