The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, כרך 4Longman, 1811 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 40
עמוד 87
... Constantine the Great 46 Licinius 47 Constantine II . 48 Constantius 49 Constans 50 Juliane the apostate 51 Jovian 52 Valentinian 53 Valens 54 Valentinian II . 55 Theodosius the Great 56 Arcadius and Honorius 57 Pulcheria , and ...
... Constantine the Great 46 Licinius 47 Constantine II . 48 Constantius 49 Constans 50 Juliane the apostate 51 Jovian 52 Valentinian 53 Valens 54 Valentinian II . 55 Theodosius the Great 56 Arcadius and Honorius 57 Pulcheria , and ...
עמוד 252
... Constantine the Great resided , till the buildings he had began at Byzantium were finished . This city , however , once so celebrated , is now but a small village , known to the Turks by the name of Ismit . It was destroyed by a ...
... Constantine the Great resided , till the buildings he had began at Byzantium were finished . This city , however , once so celebrated , is now but a small village , known to the Turks by the name of Ismit . It was destroyed by a ...
עמוד 258
... Constantine the Great . He was a wise and merciful , as well as a virtuous prince . He merited the title of Cæsar , which he had at first obtained by his eminent victories in Ger- many and Britain . The Britons having rebelled under ...
... Constantine the Great . He was a wise and merciful , as well as a virtuous prince . He merited the title of Cæsar , which he had at first obtained by his eminent victories in Ger- many and Britain . The Britons having rebelled under ...
עמוד 259
... Constantine the Great , the first Christian emperor , who had early received the seeds of Christianity , from the ... Constantine , as his successor . THE REIGN OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT . THAT CONSTANTINE was $ 2 259 but finding Coilus ...
... Constantine the Great , the first Christian emperor , who had early received the seeds of Christianity , from the ... Constantine , as his successor . THE REIGN OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT . THAT CONSTANTINE was $ 2 259 but finding Coilus ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Adrian Alexander Severus Ambrose ancient Antioch Apostate appeared Arcadius army attended Aurelian Aurelius barbarians beautiful Berenice Bleterie brother Cæsar called Caracalla celebrated Christian Chrysostom church command Commodus Constantine Constantinople Constantius Chlorus consulship court cruelty death declared deities delight Diocletian divine Domitian emperor empress enemy erected Eudocia evinced excellent father festival friends Galerius Gallienus Gallus Gaul Gibbon Gods Gordian Gratian Greeks holy bishop honor hundred immediately imperial dignity inhabitants Jews Jovian Julian Jupiter king Libanius Macrinus magnificent manner marble Maximus mind murdered Nerva Nisibis noble Numerian Pagan palace peace persecution Persians Pliny Plotina Pope possessed prætorian prelate prince Probus provinces Pulcheria punish received reign religion rendered resentment Roman empire Rome ruins sacred sanguinary Sapor says senate sent Severus Smyrna soldiers soon succeeded suffered temple Theodosius thousand tion Titus Trajan triumph usurper Valens Valentinian Verus Vespasian victory villa virtues virtuous warlike whole
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 150 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
עמוד 42 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
עמוד 360 - A magnificent temple rose in honor of the god of light; and his colossal figure almost filled the capacious sanctuary, which was enriched with gold and gems, and adorned by the skill of the Grecian artists. The deity was represented in a bending attitude, with a golden cup in his hand, pouring out a libation on the earth; as if he supplicated the venerable mother to give to his arms the cold and beauteous Daphne...
עמוד 360 - The temple and the village were deeply bosomed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water, issuing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air...
עמוד 382 - The summit of the pike supported a crown of gold, which enclosed the mysterious monogram, at once expressive of the figure of the cross, and the initial letters of the name of Christ.
עמוד 298 - Lydia, an office which he discharged with the greatest moderation and justice. When Julian went into the east, the philosopher promised him success, and even said that his conquests would be more numerous and extensive than those of the son of Philip. He persuaded his imperial pupil that, according to the doctrine of metempsychosis, his body was animated by the soul which once animated the hero whose greatness and victories he was going to eclipse.
עמוד 190 - Maximinus has been represented by historians as of a gigantic stature ; he was eight feet high, and the bracelets of his wife served as rings to adorn the fingers of his hand. His voracity was as remarkable as his corpulence ; he generally ate 40 pounds of flesh every day, and drank 18 bottles of wine.
עמוד 157 - The sounds of this subterraneous cave were all necessarily directed to one common tympanum, which had a communication with an adjoining loom where Dionysius spent the greatest part of his time to hear whatever was said by those whom his suspicion and cruelty had confined in the apartments above.
עמוד 145 - The officers that were employed in his execution having disposed all other things, came according to custom to nail him to the stake; which he desired them to omit, assuring them, that he who gave him strength to endure the fire, would enable him, without nailing, to stand immovable in the hottest flames. So they only tied him...