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... com- mences the first page of what in modern times we understand by anecdotes . Suetonius is the earliest writer in that department of biography ; so far as we know , he may be held first to have devised THE CÆSARS . 25.
... com- mences the first page of what in modern times we understand by anecdotes . Suetonius is the earliest writer in that department of biography ; so far as we know , he may be held first to have devised THE CÆSARS . 25.
Side 85
... page of history , would have been accounted fabulous dreams of impure romancers , taxing their extravagant imagina- tions to create combinations of wickedness more hide- ous than civilized men would tolerate , and more unnatural than ...
... page of history , would have been accounted fabulous dreams of impure romancers , taxing their extravagant imagina- tions to create combinations of wickedness more hide- ous than civilized men would tolerate , and more unnatural than ...
Side 104
... of desertion , which had occurred during his short absence ; the pages of his bedchamber had fled , carrying with them the coverlids of the imperial bed , which were probably inwrought with gold , and even a 101 THE CESARS .
... of desertion , which had occurred during his short absence ; the pages of his bedchamber had fled , carrying with them the coverlids of the imperial bed , which were probably inwrought with gold , and even a 101 THE CESARS .
Side 129
... pages in attendance are conducted to a saloon , where ( as in every where else ) the silence of night prevails , united with the silence of fear and whispering expectation . All are seated - all look at each other in ominous anxiety ...
... pages in attendance are conducted to a saloon , where ( as in every where else ) the silence of night prevails , united with the silence of fear and whispering expectation . All are seated - all look at each other in ominous anxiety ...
Side 197
... page of universal history . Rome was ravaged by a pestilence by a famine by riots amounting to a civil war - - by a dreadful massacre of the unarmed mobby shocks of earthquake - and , finally , by a fire which consumed the national bank ...
... page of universal history . Rome was ravaged by a pestilence by a famine by riots amounting to a civil war - - by a dreadful massacre of the unarmed mobby shocks of earthquake - and , finally , by a fire which consumed the national bank ...
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absolute Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civil Commodus danger death Decius defeated Dioclesian discipline doubtless effect Emilianus empire enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul gladiators Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcomanni Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memory military mode moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace Parthia party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular possible prætorian price 75 cents prince prosperity provinces purpose rank reign remarkable republic republican rival Roman emperor Rome sacred says seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed throne Tiberius tion Trajan troops true vast volume whilst whole