Universal History, ancient and modern; from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1801, Band 7 |
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... the course of the highways through the Alps and the northern confines of Italy , and both detach ments to join their sovereign under the walls of Sirmium . Meanwhile Meanwhile Julian , with three thousand vo lunteers , plunged 24 ROME.
... the course of the highways through the Alps and the northern confines of Italy , and both detach ments to join their sovereign under the walls of Sirmium . Meanwhile Meanwhile Julian , with three thousand vo lunteers , plunged 24 ROME.
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... walls of that city , and a council assembled to decide the fate of the emperor and the empire . The obsequious eloquence of those prevailed , who represented every doubt of victory as un- worthy the majesty of the Roman monarch ; and ...
... walls of that city , and a council assembled to decide the fate of the emperor and the empire . The obsequious eloquence of those prevailed , who represented every doubt of victory as un- worthy the majesty of the Roman monarch ; and ...
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... walls of Constantinople . That celebrated leader had solicited the command of the Roman armies ; but being rejected , he traversed the plains of Thessaly and Macedonia , deluged the fields of Phocis and Boeotia with his myriads of bar ...
... walls of Constantinople . That celebrated leader had solicited the command of the Roman armies ; but being rejected , he traversed the plains of Thessaly and Macedonia , deluged the fields of Phocis and Boeotia with his myriads of bar ...
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... wall of Britain , was hastily recalled . During the absence of Stilicho , the Goths advanced with such impetuosity , that Honorius was obliged to fly , and at last took shelter with- in the fortification of Asta , a town of Liguria ...
... wall of Britain , was hastily recalled . During the absence of Stilicho , the Goths advanced with such impetuosity , that Honorius was obliged to fly , and at last took shelter with- in the fortification of Asta , a town of Liguria ...
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... walls of Asta ; in consequence of which , the chiefs of the Gothic nation were inclined to retreat ; but the intrepid Alaric declared , he was resolved to find in Italy , either a kingdom or a grave . The Goths afterwards pitching their ...
... walls of Asta ; in consequence of which , the chiefs of the Gothic nation were inclined to retreat ; but the intrepid Alaric declared , he was resolved to find in Italy , either a kingdom or a grave . The Goths afterwards pitching their ...
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