Epitome of Ancient, Mediæval and Modern HistoryHoughton, Mifflin, 1888 - 618 pages |
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... imperial domain lay in the middle of the empire , whence the name applied to the empire , “ Middle Kingdom . " Un- der Sing - wang , birth of Confucius , 551 B. C. 255-206 . Dynasty of Tsin , famous for the energetic monarch Che - wang ...
... imperial domain lay in the middle of the empire , whence the name applied to the empire , “ Middle Kingdom . " Un- der Sing - wang , birth of Confucius , 551 B. C. 255-206 . Dynasty of Tsin , famous for the energetic monarch Che - wang ...
Page 82
... imperial forums were not open places , but masses of buildings and columned porticos . The Palatinus with the palaces of the emperors ; E. of this , the Amphitheatrum Flavium ( Colosseum , for 80,000 spectators ) . N. from the ...
... imperial forums were not open places , but masses of buildings and columned porticos . The Palatinus with the palaces of the emperors ; E. of this , the Amphitheatrum Flavium ( Colosseum , for 80,000 spectators ) . N. from the ...
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... imperial , including those where an army was maintained , and which were administered by legates in the name of Augustus ( Hispania Tarraconensis , Lusi- tania ; the four provinces of Gaul : Narbonensis , Lugdunensis , Aqui- tania , and ...
... imperial , including those where an army was maintained , and which were administered by legates in the name of Augustus ( Hispania Tarraconensis , Lusi- tania ; the four provinces of Gaul : Narbonensis , Lugdunensis , Aqui- tania , and ...
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... imperial city ( 271 , completed in 276 ) . He defeated Zenobia in two battles , at Antiochia and at Edessa , subdued Syria , besieged and destroyed Palmyra , cap- tured Zenobia , and reconquered Egypt ( 273 ) . Having thus subdued the ...
... imperial city ( 271 , completed in 276 ) . He defeated Zenobia in two battles , at Antiochia and at Edessa , subdued Syria , besieged and destroyed Palmyra , cap- tured Zenobia , and reconquered Egypt ( 273 ) . Having thus subdued the ...
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... Imperial vicar , Rufinus . Capital Byzantium or Constantinople . The 395-476 . Western empire , capital Rome , Ravenna im- perial residence after 402 , under 395-423 . Honorius . Guardian and chancellor , the Vandal Stilicho , murdered ...
... Imperial vicar , Rufinus . Capital Byzantium or Constantinople . The 395-476 . Western empire , capital Rome , Ravenna im- perial residence after 402 , under 395-423 . Honorius . Guardian and chancellor , the Vandal Stilicho , murdered ...
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