![]() ![]() ![]() They were exalted, by just degrees, to an equality with their conquerors. They enjoyed the religion of their ancestors, whilst in civil honours and advantages They might occasionally suffer from the partial abuse of delegated authority but the general principle of government was wise, simple, and beneficent. The obedient provinces of Trajan and the Antonines were united by laws and adorned by arts. ( 2) But the firm edifice of Roman power was raised and preserved by the wisdom of ages. ( 1) Within less than a century, the irresistible Zingis, and the Mogul princes of his race, spread their cruel devastations and transient empire from the sea of China to the confines of Egypt and Germany. In the seventh summer after his passage of the Hellespont, Alexander erected the Macedonian trophies on the banks of the Hyphasis. The sovereign of the Russian deserts commands a larger portion of the globe. IT is not alone by the rapidity, or extent of conquest, that we should estimate the greatness of Rome. Of the Union and Internal Prosperity of the Roman Empire in the Age of the Antonines Chapter 2 of 'The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire' Chapter 2įall In The West from The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon ![]()
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