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... Dioclesian , he was reputed a god ; not as others are reputed , but specially and in a peculiar sense , and with a privilege to such worship from all men as you yourself addressed to him- who often breathe a wish to Heaven , that you ...
... Dioclesian , he was reputed a god ; not as others are reputed , but specially and in a peculiar sense , and with a privilege to such worship from all men as you yourself addressed to him- who often breathe a wish to Heaven , that you ...
Side 249
... Dioclesian , whom at the same time they invested with the supreme power , the duty of investigating the case . Dioclesian acquitted himself of this task in a very summary way , by passing his sword through the captain before he could ...
... Dioclesian , whom at the same time they invested with the supreme power , the duty of investigating the case . Dioclesian acquitted himself of this task in a very summary way , by passing his sword through the captain before he could ...
Side 250
Thomas De Quincey. act of Dioclesian , implies a conviction on their part of Aper's guilt . Here let us pause , having now arrived at the fourth and last group of the Cæsars , to notice the changes which had been wrought by time , co ...
Thomas De Quincey. act of Dioclesian , implies a conviction on their part of Aper's guilt . Here let us pause , having now arrived at the fourth and last group of the Cæsars , to notice the changes which had been wrought by time , co ...
Side 251
... Carinus ( the brother of Numerian ) succeed . ed to the command of the Roman armies at this time , or any other than Dioclesian , the empire of the west would have fallen to pieces within the next ten THE CÆSARS . 251.
... Carinus ( the brother of Numerian ) succeed . ed to the command of the Roman armies at this time , or any other than Dioclesian , the empire of the west would have fallen to pieces within the next ten THE CÆSARS . 251.
Side 252
... Dioclesian was doubtless that man of iron whom the times demanded ; and a foreign writer has gone so far as to class him amongst the greatest of men , if he were not even himself the greatest . But the position of Dioclesian was ...
... Dioclesian was doubtless that man of iron whom the times demanded ; and a foreign writer has gone so far as to class him amongst the greatest of men , if he were not even himself the greatest . But the position of Dioclesian was ...
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