The History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent : Together with the Prince, and Various Historical TractsG. Bell, 1898 - 522 pages |
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... possession of their native country . These migrating masses destroyed the Roman empire by the facilities for settlement which the country offered when the emperors abandoned Rome , the ancient seat of their dominion , and fixed their ...
... possession of their native country . These migrating masses destroyed the Roman empire by the facilities for settlement which the country offered when the emperors abandoned Rome , the ancient seat of their dominion , and fixed their ...
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... possession to think of securing their acquisitions . Thus the Vandals ruled Africa ; the Alans and Visigoths , Spain ... possession , and after themselves named the country England . But the inhabitants , being robbed of their home ...
... possession to think of securing their acquisitions . Thus the Vandals ruled Africa ; the Alans and Visigoths , Spain ... possession , and after themselves named the country England . But the inhabitants , being robbed of their home ...
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... possession of it to others , as a charge full of danger and expense ; and sometimes , without his permission , the Romans , seeing themselves so abandoned , created an emperor for their defence , or suffered some one to usurp the ...
... possession of it to others , as a charge full of danger and expense ; and sometimes , without his permission , the Romans , seeing themselves so abandoned , created an emperor for their defence , or suffered some one to usurp the ...
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... possession of the country . Leaving his friends the Zepidi in Pannonia , Theodoric marched into Italy , slew Odoacer ... possessed great talents both for war peace : in the former he was always conqueror , and in the latter he conferred ...
... possession of the country . Leaving his friends the Zepidi in Pannonia , Theodoric marched into Italy , slew Odoacer ... possessed great talents both for war peace : in the former he was always conqueror , and in the latter he conferred ...
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... possession of his mother , she was betrayed by Theodatus , whom she had called to assist her in the government . He put her to death and made him- self king ; and having thus become odious to the Ostrogoths , the emperor Justinian ...
... possession of his mother , she was betrayed by Theodatus , whom she had called to assist her in the government . He put her to death and made him- self king ; and having thus become odious to the Ostrogoths , the emperor Justinian ...
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Page 521 - English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.