The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 2
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 2
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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See Warton's History of English Poetry, vol. I. Dissert. Ii. ) Yet such thefts might be less pernicious to mankind than thetheological disputes of the Sorbonne, which have been since agitated onthe same ground. Bonamy, Mem. De l'Academie, tom. Xv. P. 678-632] [Footnote 8: Even in this tumultuous moment, Julian attended tothe forms of superstitious ceremony, and obstinately refused theinauspicious use of a female necklace, or a horse collar, which theimpatient soldiers would have employed in the... room of a diadem. ] [Footnote 9: An equal proportion of gold and silver, five pieces of theformer one pound of the latter; the whole amounting to about five poundsten shillings of our money. ] [Footnote 10: For the whole narrative of this revolt, we may appealto authentic and original materials; Julian himself, (ad S. P. Q. Atheniensem, p. 282, 283, 284, ) Libanius, (Orat. Parental. C. 44-48, inFabricius, Bibliot. Graec. Tom. Vii. P. 269-273, ) Ammianus, (xx. 4, )and Zosimus, (l. Iii. P. 151, 152, 153.
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