Littell's Living Age, Volume 103Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1869 |
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... EMPIRE . WHAT was the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire ? That after a few centuries a fabric so artificial should fall to pieces is not in itself surprising . Great empires seldom last long ; they are by their very nature liable to ...
... EMPIRE . WHAT was the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire ? That after a few centuries a fabric so artificial should fall to pieces is not in itself surprising . Great empires seldom last long ; they are by their very nature liable to ...
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... Empire grew weak , the atoms showed erus , were successful usurpers ; Vindex , a tendency to chrystallize again in the old Avidius Cassius , Pescennius Niger were forms , but while it continued vigorous it unsuccessful ones ; Corbulo ...
... Empire grew weak , the atoms showed erus , were successful usurpers ; Vindex , a tendency to chrystallize again in the old Avidius Cassius , Pescennius Niger were forms , but while it continued vigorous it unsuccessful ones ; Corbulo ...
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... Empire fell , and the Eastern Empire in the course of three cen- turies lost many of its fariest provinces , and saw its capital besieged by foreign in- vaders . Having escaped the two principal maladies incident to great empires , she ...
... Empire fell , and the Eastern Empire in the course of three cen- turies lost many of its fariest provinces , and saw its capital besieged by foreign in- vaders . Having escaped the two principal maladies incident to great empires , she ...
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