Rome by observing that the empire was above two thousand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus and the northern limits of Dacia to Mount Atlas and the tropic of Cancer; that it extended in length more than three thousand miles, from the Western... The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 1911776Full view - About this book
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1776 - 612 pages
...once united under their fway, but, at prefent, divided into fo many independent and hoftile liâtes. He obferves that the Roman Empire was above two thoufand...temperate zone, between the twenty-fourth and the fifty-fixth degrees of northern lartude ; and that it was fuppofed to contain above (ixteen hundred... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1776 - 608 pages
...into fo many independent and hoiiile ftates. He obferves that the Roman Empire was above two tboufand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus and the...limits of Dacia, to Mount Atlas and the Tropic of Cancerj that it extended, in length, more than three thoufand miles from the weftern Ocean to the Euphrates... | |
| Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1806 - 600 pages
...ninus in Britain, and the northern limits of Dacia, to Mount Atlas in the weft of Africa, and reached in length more than three thoufand miles, from the Weftern Ocean to the Euphrates. It was fuppofed to contain above fixteen hundred thoufand iquare miles of land, for the moft part fertile... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 494 pages
...observing that the empire Was above two thousand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus aftd the northern limits of Dacia, to mount Atlas and the tropic of Cancer ; tftat it «Xterid«d, in length, mote than threes fhousattff miles from the Western Cteeah tor tnb... | |
| Elisa Rogers - Emperors - 1811 - 368 pages
...impress a juster image of the greatness of Rome by observing, that the empire was above two thousand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus, and...Cancer ; that it extended, in length, more than three thousand miles, from, the western ocean to the Euphrates ; that it was situated in the finest part... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...impress a juster image of the greatness of Rome, by observing that the empire was above two thousand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus and the northern limits of Dacia, to mount Atlas and tke tropic of Cancer ; that it extended, in length, more than three thousand miles, from the western... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...re is a jufter image of the greatnefs of Rome, by obferving that the empire was above two thoufend miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus and the...Ocean to the Euphrates ; that it was fituated in the fineft part of the Temperate Zone, between the twenty-fourth and fifty-fixth degrees of northern latitude... | |
| Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 598 pages
...in Britain, and the northern limits of Dacia, to to Mount Atlas in the weft of Africa, and reached in length more than three thoufand miles, from the Weftern Ocean to the Euphrates. It was fuppofed to contain above fixteen hundred thoufand Iquare miles of land, for the moft part fertile... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 472 pages
...impress a juster image of the greatness of Rome, by observing that the empire was above two thousand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus and the...Cancer ; that it extended in length, more than three thousand miles from the Western Ocean to the Euphrates ; that it was situated in the finest part of... | |
| John B. Colvin - History - 1821 - 318 pages
...satisfactorily pourtrayed in the celebrated work of Gibbon. The .empire of Rome was above two thousand miles in breadth, from the wall of Antoninus and the...of Dacia, to Mount Atlas and the Tropic of Cancer, and extended in length more than three thousand miles, from the Western Ocean to the Euphrates : It... | |
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