History of
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共 49 段- The partition of the lands of Italy, of which Theodoric assi
- Even the religious toleration which Theodoric had the glory
- Since the eunuch Amantius had been defrauded of his money, i
- Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues,
- As silk became of indispensable use, the emperor Justinian s
- The principal church, which was dedicated by the founder of
- If we extend our view from the tropic to the mouth of the Ta
- When Justinian ascended the throne, about fifty years after
- If Gelimer had been informed of the approach of the enemy, h
- Yet the conquest of Africa was imperfect till her former sov
- The birth of Amalasontha, the regent and queen of Italy, uni
- The first days, which coincided with the old Saturnalia, wer
- The whole nation of the Ostrogoths had been assembled for th
- It was the custom of the Roman triumphs, that a slave should
- The wild people who dwelt or wandered in the plains of Russi
- Disputes have often arisen between the sovereigns of Asia fo
- These hopes might have been realized, if the conqueror of It
- A Spartan would have praised and pitied the virtue of these
- That country was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism
- Famine had relaxed the strength and discipline of the garris
- As soon as Narses had paid his devotions to the Author of vi
- About two years after the last victory of Belisarius, the em
- The primitive government of Rome was composed, with some pol
- A more liberal art was cultivated, however, by the sage of R
- It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future ref
- The freedom of love and marriage was restrained among the Ro
- 2. The obligations of the second class, as they were contrac
- The free citizens of Athens and Rome enjoyed, in all crimina
- The destruction of a mighty kingdom established the fame of
- The emperor Maurice derived his origin from ancient Rome; bu
- Amidst the arms of the Lombards, and under the despotism of
- The throne of Chosroes Nushirvan was filled by Hormouz, or H
- While the majesty of the Roman name was revived in the East,
- A daughter of Phocas, his only child, was given in marriage
- The neighboring heights of Chalcedon were covered with tents
- As soon as the mountains became passable, the emperor receiv
- V. The grovelling Ebionite, and the fantastic Docetes, were
- The Byzantine pontiff had instilled into the royal ear a bal
- In the fever of the times, the sense, or rather the sound of
- Before the end of the seventh century, the creed of the inca
- III. In the style of the Oriental Christians, the Monothelit
- But the vows which pain had extorted were forsworn on the re
- Constans had left in the Byzantine palace three sons, the el
- For himself, that emperor had chosen a Barbarian wife, the d
- Among the successors of Nero and Elagabalus, we have not hit
- By his marriage with this impious woman, Romanus the younger
- If Constantine the Eleventh were indeed the subject most wor
- The fraternal concord of the two sons of the great Alexius h
- If we compute the number and duration of the reigns, it will