History of the Romans Under the Empire, Volume 5Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1856 |
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... period , we may conjecture that the insubordination of the recent raw levies had given an impulse to their dissatisfaction . They complained of their wounds and privations ; of the intolerable harshness of camp discipline ; of the ...
... period , we may conjecture that the insubordination of the recent raw levies had given an impulse to their dissatisfaction . They complained of their wounds and privations ; of the intolerable harshness of camp discipline ; of the ...
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... period Augustus had introduced the custom of exauctoratio , by which the legionaries were relieved from some of the more severe duties of the service , but still retained under their colours , instead of missio or complete discharge . 3 ...
... period Augustus had introduced the custom of exauctoratio , by which the legionaries were relieved from some of the more severe duties of the service , but still retained under their colours , instead of missio or complete discharge . 3 ...
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... period : it is enough to say of him now that Tiberius listened with complacency to this question- 1 Tac . Ann . i . 69 . Tac . 1. c .: Accendebat hæc onerabatque Sejanus . } But the hesitation which was now CHAP . XLII . 40 HISTORY OF ...
... period : it is enough to say of him now that Tiberius listened with complacency to this question- 1 Tac . Ann . i . 69 . Tac . 1. c .: Accendebat hæc onerabatque Sejanus . } But the hesitation which was now CHAP . XLII . 40 HISTORY OF ...
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... period reduced to a state of subjection to a power of higher and finer organization than their own . But while the gallantry with which the Germans de- We shall trace at a later period some further advances of the empire between the ...
... period reduced to a state of subjection to a power of higher and finer organization than their own . But while the gallantry with which the Germans de- We shall trace at a later period some further advances of the empire between the ...
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... him . But ere the period for his entering upon it had arrived , a new duty had been found for him to discharge . The affairs of the East required to be set in order . CHAP . XLIII . A.U. 770 . The demise of 58 HISTORY OF THE ROMANS.
... him . But ere the period for his entering upon it had arrived , a new duty had been found for him to discharge . The affairs of the East required to be set in order . CHAP . XLIII . A.U. 770 . The demise of 58 HISTORY OF THE ROMANS.
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