The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon ... 2
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon ... 2
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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(37) Panegyr. Vet. vii. ai. no THE DECLINE AND FALL except when it was found expedient to enrol them in the military fervice. Nor did die emperors re- fufe the property of lands, with a lefs fervile te- nure, to fuch of the barbarians as foiicited the prote&ion of Rome. They granted a fettlement to feveral colonies of the Carpi, the Baftarnae, and the Sarmatians ; and, by a dangerous indulgence, permitted them in fome meafure to retain their national manners and independence (38). Among the pro...vincials, it was a fubjed of flattering exul- tation, that the barbarian, fo lately an objett of terror, now cultivated their lands, drove their cat- tle to the neighbouring fair, and contributed by his labour to the public plenty. They congratu- lated their mailers on the powerful acceflion of fubjeds and foldiers j but they forgot to obferve, that multitudes of fecret enemies, infolent from favour, or defperate from oppreflion, were intro- duced into the heart of the empire ($g). Wars of While the Caefars exercifed their valour on the E 6 yp t a .
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