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Side 214
... Maximin , which terminated in the murder of the emperor and his mother . By Herodian the discontents of the army are referred to the ill management of the Persian campaign , and the unpromising commencement of the new war in Germany ...
... Maximin , which terminated in the murder of the emperor and his mother . By Herodian the discontents of the army are referred to the ill management of the Persian campaign , and the unpromising commencement of the new war in Germany ...
Side 215
... Maximin had broken up from Sirmium , the capital of Pannonia , and had ad- vanced to Aquileia , that famous fortress , which in every invasion of Italy was the first object of attack . The senate had set a price upon his head ; but ...
... Maximin had broken up from Sirmium , the capital of Pannonia , and had ad- vanced to Aquileia , that famous fortress , which in every invasion of Italy was the first object of attack . The senate had set a price upon his head ; but ...
Side 216
... Maximin , and dispatched him with the same unpitying haste which he had shown under similar circumstances to the gentle - minded Alexander . Aquileia opened her gates immediately , and thus made it evident that the war had been personal ...
... Maximin , and dispatched him with the same unpitying haste which he had shown under similar circumstances to the gentle - minded Alexander . Aquileia opened her gates immediately , and thus made it evident that the war had been personal ...
Side 218
... , Caracalla , and Geta , Macrinus , Heliogabalus , Alexan- der Severus , Maximin , the two Gordians , Pupienus and Balbinus , the third Gordian , and Philip the Arab . In looking back at this series of Cæsars , we 218 THE CESARS .
... , Caracalla , and Geta , Macrinus , Heliogabalus , Alexan- der Severus , Maximin , the two Gordians , Pupienus and Balbinus , the third Gordian , and Philip the Arab . In looking back at this series of Cæsars , we 218 THE CESARS .
Side 225
... Maximin , in fact , to the accession of Aurelian , the senate perpetually inter- posed their credit and authority , like some Deus ex machina in the dramatic art . And if this one fact were all that had survived of the public annals at ...
... Maximin , in fact , to the accession of Aurelian , the senate perpetually inter- posed their credit and authority , like some Deus ex machina in the dramatic art . And if this one fact were all that had survived of the public annals at ...
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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.