Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 16. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 454
... Stilicho was obliged to re tire . Not long after this , Alaric invaded Italy itself . The emperor , ftruck with terror , would have abandoned the country and fled into Gaul : but this disgraceful and pernicious measure was oppofed by ...
... Stilicho was obliged to re tire . Not long after this , Alaric invaded Italy itself . The emperor , ftruck with terror , would have abandoned the country and fled into Gaul : but this disgraceful and pernicious measure was oppofed by ...
Page 456
... Stilicho ; but fuch was the feeble and exhaufted ftate of the empire , that it was impoffible to restore the for- tifications of the Danube , or to prevent , by a vigorous effort , the invafion of the Germans . The hopes of the vigilant ...
... Stilicho ; but fuch was the feeble and exhaufted ftate of the empire , that it was impoffible to restore the for- tifications of the Danube , or to prevent , by a vigorous effort , the invafion of the Germans . The hopes of the vigilant ...
Page 457
... Stilicho informed the emperor and the fenate of his fuccefs ; and deferved a second time the glorious title of Deliverer of Italy . 530 " The fame of the victory , and more efpecially of the miracle , has encouraged a vain perfuafion ...
... Stilicho informed the emperor and the fenate of his fuccefs ; and deferved a second time the glorious title of Deliverer of Italy . 530 " The fame of the victory , and more efpecially of the miracle , has encouraged a vain perfuafion ...
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