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Side 168
... 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 James Thomas Fields. 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 ...
Thomas De Quincey James Thomas Fields. 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 ...
Side 251
... that , had the imbecile 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 CESARS .
... that , had the imbecile 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 CESARS .
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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Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian barbarians body Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Carus Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civic civil Commodus condition death Decius declension defeated Dioclesian discipline doubt doubtless effect Emilianus enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memorable mighty military mode monarchy moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular prætorian prince Probus prosperity provinces purpose rank reason reign remarkable republic republican revolution rival Roman emperor Roman empire Rome sacred seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed Sylla thousand throne tion troops true vast victory whilst whole writer
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Side 242 - Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread But as the marigold at the sun's eye; And in themselves their pride lies buried, For at a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories once foil'd, Is from the book of honour razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd.
Side 19 - Czesarean (so to speak) in their tone of moral feeling. Thus, for example, the night before he was assassinated, he dreamt at intervals that he was soarIng above the clouds on wings, and that he placed his hand within the right hand of Jove.
Side 54 - Men like Mark Antony, with minds of chaotic composition — light conflicting with darkness, proportions of colossal grandeur disfigured by unsymmetrical arrangement, the angelic in close neighborhood with the brutal — are first read in their true meaning by an age learned in the philosophy of the human heart.