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Author : Henry William Herbert
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Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Traitor written by Henry William Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry William Herbert
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Traitor written by Henry William Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry William Herbert
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 146554917X
Total Pages : 871 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Traitor: A True Tale of the Republic (Complete) written by Henry William Herbert and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But bring me to the knowledge of your chiefs. Marino Faliero. Midnight was over Rome. The skies were dark and lowering, and ominous of tempest; for it was a sirocco, and the welkin was overcast with sheets of vapory cloud, not very dense, indeed, or solid, but still sufficient to intercept the feeble twinkling of the stars, which alone held dominion in the firmament; since the young crescent of the moon had sunk long ago beneath the veiled horizon. The air was thick and sultry, and so unspeakably oppressive, that for above three hours the streets had been entirely deserted. In a few houses of the higher class, lights might be seen dimly shining through the casements of the small chambers, hard beside the doorway, appropriated to the use of the Atriensis, or slave whose charge it was to guard the entrance of the court. But, for the most part, not a single ray cheered the dull murky streets, except that here and there, before the holy shrine, or vaster and more elaborate temple, of some one of Rome's hundred gods, the votive lanthorns, though shorn of half their beams by the dense fog-wreaths, burnt perennial. The period was the latter time of the republic, a few years after the fell democratic persecutions of the plebeian Marius had drowned the mighty city oceans-deep in patrician gore; after the awful retribution of the avenger Sylla had rioted in the destruction of that guilty faction. He who was destined one day to support the laurelled diadem of universal empire on his bald brows, stood even now among the noblest, the most ambitious, and the most famous of the state; though not as yet had he unfurled the eagle wings of conquest over the fierce barbarian hordes of Gaul and Germany, or launched his galleys on the untried waters of the great Western sea. A dissipated, spendthrift, and luxurious youth, devoted solely as it would seem to the pleasures of the table, or to intrigues with the most fair and noble of Rome's ladies, he had yet, amid those unworthy occupations, displayed such gleams of overmastering talent, such wondrous energy, such deep sagacity, and above all such uncurbed though ill-directed ambition, that the perpetual Dictator had already, years before, exclaimed with prescient wisdom,—"In yon unzoned youth I perceive the germ of many a Marius." At the same time, the magnificent and princely leader, who was to be thereafter his great rival, was reaping that rich crop of glory, the seeds of which had been sown already by the wronged Lucullus, in the broad kingdoms of the effeminate East. Meanwhile, as Rome had gradually rendered herself, by the exertion of indomitable valor, the supreme mistress of every foreign power that bordered on the Mediterranean, wealth, avarice, and luxury, like some contagious pestilence, had crept into the inmost vitals of the commonwealth, until the very features, which had once made her famous, no less for her virtues than her valor, were utterly obliterated and for ever. Instead of a paternal, poor, brave, patriotic aristocracy, she had now a nobility, valiant indeed and capable, but dissolute beyond the reach of man's imagination, boundless in their expenditures, reckless as to the mode of gaining wherewithal to support them, oppressive and despotical to their inferiors, smooth-tongued and hypocritical toward each other, destitute equally of justice and compassion toward men, and of respect and piety toward the Gods! Wealth had become the idol, the god of the whole people! Wealth—and no longer service, eloquence, daring, or integrity,—was held the requisite for office. Wealth now conferred upon its owner, all magistracies all guerdons—rank, power, command,—consulships, provinces, and armies.
Author : Henry William Herbert
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Traitor written by Henry William Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Scarrow
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 9781472258403
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Traitors of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 18) written by Simon Scarrow and published by Headline. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enthralling new Cato and Macro adventure in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD 56. Battle-hardened veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro are garrisoned at the eastern border, aware that their movements are constantly monitored by spies from dangerous, mysterious Parthia. But the enemy within could be the deadliest threat to the Legion ... and the Empire. There's a traitor in the ranks. Rome shows no mercy to those who betray their comrades, and the Empire. But first the guilty man must be discovered. Cato and Macro are in a race against time to expose the truth, while the powerful enemy over the border waits to exploit any weaknesses in the Legion. The traitor must die ... Praise for Simon Scarrow's bestselling novels: 'Blood, gore, political intrigue...A historical fiction thriller that'll have you reaching for your gladius' Daily Sport 'Gripping... ferocious and compelling' Daily Express 'Brilliantly told adventures ... Roman soldiering at its very best - even by Scarrow's high standards' Sunday Sport
Author : Henry William Herbert
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Author : Henry William Herbert
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752318589
Total Pages : 218 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Traitor written by Henry William Herbert and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Roman Traitor by Henry William Herbert
Author : Henry William Herbert
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752372915
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Author : Henry William Herbert
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Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book The Roman Traitor written by Henry William Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry William Herbert
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Total Pages : 520 pages
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