A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1946 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 218
... East . It may well be that the example of Alexander , whose career he greatly admired , appealed to him as a suitable precedent to follow . For , after all , nearly one - half of the Empire consisted of Levantine countries which had ...
... East . It may well be that the example of Alexander , whose career he greatly admired , appealed to him as a suitable precedent to follow . For , after all , nearly one - half of the Empire consisted of Levantine countries which had ...
Pagina 366
... East , financial considerations were present in his mind . But that this was not his only motive is certain . For , as in Central Europe , so equally in the Middle East the peoples bordering on the Roman frontier were beginning to ...
... East , financial considerations were present in his mind . But that this was not his only motive is certain . For , as in Central Europe , so equally in the Middle East the peoples bordering on the Roman frontier were beginning to ...
Pagina 373
... Eastern provinces came in for special attention . Nor was this simply the result of Hadrian's individual tastes ; for his repeated journeys to the East were the symptom , rather than the cause , of an important change which was coming ...
... Eastern provinces came in for special attention . Nor was this simply the result of Hadrian's individual tastes ; for his repeated journeys to the East were the symptom , rather than the cause , of an important change which was coming ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
THE CONQUEST OF ITALY | 24 |
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