The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, Etc, Volume 6John Stockdale, 1811 |
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... Barbarians on the borders , the chiefs of the Iazyges ( b ) , a people of Sarmatia , were engaged to co- operate with the Roman army . The new allies offered to bring into the field a body III . A. U. C. 822 . A. D. 69 16 THE HISTORY.
... Barbarians on the borders , the chiefs of the Iazyges ( b ) , a people of Sarmatia , were engaged to co- operate with the Roman army . The new allies offered to bring into the field a body III . A. U. C. 822 . A. D. 69 16 THE HISTORY.
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... Barbarians to invade the Roman fron- tiers . By the treachery of the states in alliance , and the strength of the enemy , the interest of the empire was brought to the brink of ruin . Of this war , and the causes that produced it , with ...
... Barbarians to invade the Roman fron- tiers . By the treachery of the states in alliance , and the strength of the enemy , the interest of the empire was brought to the brink of ruin . Of this war , and the causes that produced it , with ...
Page 87
... Barbarians as they were roaming on the shore in quest of prey , and forced them to fly with precipitation to their boats . Having , in a short time after , constructed a number of galleys fit for the service , he gave chase to Anicetus ...
... Barbarians as they were roaming on the shore in quest of prey , and forced them to fly with precipitation to their boats . Having , in a short time after , constructed a number of galleys fit for the service , he gave chase to Anicetus ...
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... Germany , the oc- casion requires that we here explain the causes of that convulsion , which involved the allies of Rome , and armed whole na tions of barbarians against the ' Roman empire . " IV . 822 . A. D. 69 , · 186 THE HISTORY.
... Germany , the oc- casion requires that we here explain the causes of that convulsion , which involved the allies of Rome , and armed whole na tions of barbarians against the ' Roman empire . " IV . 822 . A. D. 69 , · 186 THE HISTORY.
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... barbarians , he wished to avoid an open rupture with Rome , and , to that end , affected to espouse the cause of Vespasian . To this conduct some co- lour was given by the letters which he received from Antonius , directing him to make ...
... barbarians , he wished to avoid an open rupture with Rome , and , to that end , affected to espouse the cause of Vespasian . To this conduct some co- lour was given by the letters which he received from Antonius , directing him to make ...
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Page 413 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Page 490 - Who knows but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...
Page 496 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Page 331 - He presented himself before Vespasian, and, falling prostrate on the ground, implored the emperor to administer a cure for his blindness. He came, he said, by the admonition of Serapis, the god whom the superstition of the Egyptians holds in the highest veneration.
Page 498 - In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Page 356 - The Jews acknowledge one God only, and Him they see in the mind's eye, and Him they adore in contemplation, condemning as impious idolaters all who with perishable materials wrought into the human form attempt to give a representation of the Deity. The God of the Jews is the great governing mind that directs and guides the whole frame of nature — eternal, infinite, and neither capable of change nor subject to decay.
Page 372 - The impression made by these wonders fell on a few only: the -multitude relied on an ancient prophecy, contained as they believed in books kept by the priests, by which it was foretold that, in this very juncture, the power of the east would prevail over the nations, and a race of men would go forth from Judea to extend their dominion over the rest of the world.
Page 441 - ... threw a combustible weapon, which clung to the woodwork, and set fire to the whole building. The Jews saw that all was lost, and in their last agony sent forth the groan of an expiring people. Titus withdrew from the scene of desolation, lamenting that his efforts to save the place were without effect. As he passed along, word was brought to him that a number of priests stood on the outside wall, imploring him to spare their lives. ' It is too late,' said Titus ; ' the priests ought not to survive...