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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 5-6

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 5-6

Gibbon, Edward

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Ancient RomeGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 115363631X
ISBN13: 9781153636315
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 394
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.81 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...was the famous Azimuntium (36), which had alone repelled the tempest of Attila. The example of her warlike youth was propagated to succeeding generations; and they obtained, from the first or the second Justin, an honourable privilege, that their valour should be always reserved for the defence of their native country. The brother of Maurice attempted to violate this privilege, and to mingle a patriot (34) See the inarch and return of Maurice, in Theophylact, 1. v. c. t6.1. vi. c. 1, 2, 3. If he were a writer of taste or genius, we might suspect him of an elegant irony: but Theophylact is surely harmless. (35) Et; wwvo; aptfTTO? ap-vvscOai Trspt TraTpvjs. Iliad, xii. 243. This noble verse, which unites the spirit of an hero with the reason of a sage, may prove that Homer was in every light superior to his age and country. (36) Theophylact, 1. vii. c. 3. On the evidence of this fact, which had not occurred to my memory, the candid reader will correct and excuse a note in the fourth volume of this history, p. 166., which hastens the decay of Asimus, or Azimuntium: another century of patriotism and valour is. cheaply purchased by such a confession. band with the mercenaries of his camp; they retired to the church, he was not awed by the sanctity of the place; the people rose in their cause, the gates were shut, the ramparts were manned; and the cowardice of Peter was found equal to his arrogance and injustice. The military fame of Commentiolus (37) is the object of satire or comedy rather than of serious history, since he was even deficient in the vile and vulgar qualification of personal courage. His solemn councils, strange evolutions, and secret orders, always supplied an apology for flight or delay. If he marched against the enemy, the pleasant vallies of ...

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