 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pagine
...of Iils eon. J Hist. August. p. 73. c H,A P. though dangerous, institution of guards, was sooi* ^* restored on a new model by Severus, and increased to four times the ancient number." Formerly these troops had been recruited in Italy ; and as the adjacent provinces... | |
 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - 1846 - 402 pagine
...always obtained a liberal donation upon the accession of each sovereign. After the death of Pertinax (AD 193) they even offered the empire for sale, which...again increased by Maxentius ; but after his defeat by Constantine, AD 312, they were entirely suppressed by the latter, their fortified camp destroyed, and... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1848 - 330 pagine
...place cited by my critic, to speak of " the necessary though dangerous institution of guards being soon restored on a new model by Severus, and increased to four times the ancient number ? " Has a thing which is restored and re-established, and this very speedily too,... | |
 | William Smith - 1851 - 366 pagine
...they had taken in the death of Pertinax, and banished from the city. The emperors, however, 4could not dispense with guards, and accordingly the praetorians...again increased by Maxentius ; but after his defeat by Constantine, AD 312, they were entirely suppressed by the latter, their fortified camp destroyed, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pagine
...bliahmcut -, ' ... /, ' or iii.> necessary, though dangerous, institution ot guards, was soon pianK*0 restored on a new model by Severus, and increased to four times the ancient number.66 Formerly these troops had been recruited in Italy ; and as the adjacent provinces... | |
 | Robert Fowler Leighton - 1878 - 596 pagine
...Severus was an able soldier. He disbanded the praetorians and banished them from the city. The emperor, however, could not dispense with guards, and, accordingly, the praetorians were restored on a new model, and the number increased to 50,000. The commander of this new force ranked next to the emperor, and... | |
 | Robert Fowler Leighton - 1878 - 592 pagine
...Severus was an able soldier. He disbanded the praetorians and banished them from the city. The emperor, however, could not dispense with guards, and, accordingly, the praetorians were restored on a new model, and the number increased to 50,000. The commander of this new force ranked next to the emperor, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1906 - 480 pagine
...Severus or that of his son. [The opinion of modern scholars inclines to regard it as genuine.] was soon restored on a new model by Severus, and increased to four times the ancient number." Formerly these troops had been recruited in Italy ; and, as the adjacent provinces... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - 1094 pagine
...just punishment of their treason, but the necessary, though dangerous, institution of guards was soon restored on a new model by Severus, and increased to four times the ancient number.66 Formerly these troops had been recruited in Italy; and, as the adjacent provinces... | |
 | Edward E. Carlisle, Josephine E. Carlisle - 2004 - 110 pagine
...just punishment of their treason; but the necessary though dangerous institution of guards was soon restored on a new model by Severus and increased to four times the ancient numbers.* Formerly these troops had recruited in Italy; and as the adjacent provinces gradually... | |
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Formerly these troops had been recruited in Italy; and, as the adjacent provinces gradually imbibed the softer manners of Rome, the levies were extended to Macedonia, Noricum and Spain. In the room of these elegant troops, better adapted to the pomp of... 
