The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 1
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 1
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gy j^ig ^eak or wicked counsels, the Im- perial army was betrayed into a situation, where valour and military skill were equally unavailing"^. The vigor- ous attempt of the Romans to cut their way through the Persian host was repidsed with great slaughter ^ ^' ; and 134 Moses ChorencnMs, I. ii. c. 71, 73, 74. Zonaras, 1. xii. p. 628. The authentic relation of the Armenian historian serves to rectify the confused account of the Greek. The latter talks of the children of Tirklatcs, who at that ti...me was himself an infant.
135 Hist Aug^t. p. 191. As Macrianus was an enemy to the Chris- tians, they charged him with being a magician.
136 Zosimus, 1. i. p. 33. 137 Hist. August, p. 174.
138 Victor, in Caesar. Eutropius, ix. 7.
304 THE DECLINE AND FALL CHAP.
X.
Sapor overruns Syria, Ci- licia, and Cappado- cHi.
Sapor, who encompassed the camp with superior num- bers, patiently waited till the increasing rage of famine and pestilence had ensured his victory. The licentious murmurs of the legions soon accused Valerian as the cause of their calamities; their seditious clamours de- manded an instant capitulation.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
gy j^ig ^eak or wicked counsels, the Im- perial army was betrayed into a situation, where valour and military skill were equally unavailing"^. The vigor- ous attempt of the Romans to cut their way through the Persian host was repidsed with great slaughter ^ ^' ; and 134 Moses ChorencnMs, I. ii. c. 71, 73, 74. Zonaras, 1. xii. p. 628. The authentic relation of the Armenian historian serves to rectify the confused account of the Greek. The latter talks of the children of Tirklatcs, who at that ti...me was himself an infant.
135 Hist Aug^t. p. 191. As Macrianus was an enemy to the Chris- tians, they charged him with being a magician.
136 Zosimus, 1. i. p. 33. 137 Hist. August, p. 174.
138 Victor, in Caesar. Eutropius, ix. 7.
304 THE DECLINE AND FALL CHAP.
X.
Sapor overruns Syria, Ci- licia, and Cappado- cHi.
Sapor, who encompassed the camp with superior num- bers, patiently waited till the increasing rage of famine and pestilence had ensured his victory. The licentious murmurs of the legions soon accused Valerian as the cause of their calamities; their seditious clamours de- manded an instant capitulation.
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