A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 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 384
... East . In Rome men and women died like flies . In the country - side whole districts were depopulated . Famine only served to intensify the horror of the time ; and the government were hard put to it to relieve the stricken people . The ...
... East . In Rome men and women died like flies . In the country - side whole districts were depopulated . Famine only served to intensify the horror of the time ; and the government were hard put to it to relieve the stricken people . The ...
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AUGUSTUS | 243 |
CHAPTER PAGE XXV THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CEN TURIES | 331 |
NERVA TRAJAN AND HADRIAN | 359 |
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