The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Mediaeval Europe
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... army to make and murder emperors , the control of the Roman world by generals elevated to the highest office in the Empire by their troops and in turn overthrown by them - this is the main thread running through the history of the third ...
... army to make and murder emperors , the control of the Roman world by generals elevated to the highest office in the Empire by their troops and in turn overthrown by them - this is the main thread running through the history of the third ...
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... army and the civil service . Army officers , ele- vated to the hierarchy of bureaucrats , had no real experi- ence in civil affairs , no conception of the Principate as a civil government . They thought rather in terms of military rule ...
... army and the civil service . Army officers , ele- vated to the hierarchy of bureaucrats , had no real experi- ence in civil affairs , no conception of the Principate as a civil government . They thought rather in terms of military rule ...
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... army for its support , needed to pay bribes to enemies who could not be defeated , and to meet the expenses of a bureaucracy which mushroomed as the central government assumed powers and functions army once conceded to the ...
... army for its support , needed to pay bribes to enemies who could not be defeated , and to meet the expenses of a bureaucracy which mushroomed as the central government assumed powers and functions army once conceded to the ...
Contents
Foreword by Edward Whiting | 1 |
Crisis and Recovery | 25 |
The Ordeal and Triumph of Christianity | 52 |
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