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... emperor , if he did not occasion , did not regret . After a tyranny of fifteen years , his life and reign were terminated by a conspiracy , in which his own wife shared . A. D. 96 . 98 . The good Emperors . CHAP . IX . 121 ROME AN EMPIRE .
... emperor , if he did not occasion , did not regret . After a tyranny of fifteen years , his life and reign were terminated by a conspiracy , in which his own wife shared . A. D. 96 . 98 . The good Emperors . CHAP . IX . 121 ROME AN EMPIRE .
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... emperor , at the same time , de- clared him his colleague for life in the empire . Nerva , during his short reign , reduced the taxes , and made a distribution of lands among the poor . Trajan was forty years of age when adopted by ...
... emperor , at the same time , de- clared him his colleague for life in the empire . Nerva , during his short reign , reduced the taxes , and made a distribution of lands among the poor . Trajan was forty years of age when adopted by ...
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... emperor made a progress through his dominions , redressing grievances and dimi- nishing taxes ; and he regulated his court in the most exact manner . He was devoted to the fine arts , though his taste was none of the purest . As age ...
... emperor made a progress through his dominions , redressing grievances and dimi- nishing taxes ; and he regulated his court in the most exact manner . He was devoted to the fine arts , though his taste was none of the purest . As age ...
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... emperor died during his eighth winter campaign against the Marcomanni . Aurelius was , like Augustus , unhappy in his family : his wife Faustina disgraced him by her licentiousness ; and the disposition of his son Commodus afforded ...
... emperor died during his eighth winter campaign against the Marcomanni . Aurelius was , like Augustus , unhappy in his family : his wife Faustina disgraced him by her licentiousness ; and the disposition of his son Commodus afforded ...
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... emperor , he showed feeble- ness and incapacity . He associated his son Gallienus in the empire with him . In the war against Shahpoor of Persia he was defeated and taken prisoner . The haughty Persian subjected the captive emperor to ...
... emperor , he showed feeble- ness and incapacity . He associated his son Gallienus in the empire with him . In the war against Shahpoor of Persia he was defeated and taken prisoner . The haughty Persian subjected the captive emperor to ...
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