CHAPTER II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines .-- Part I.
Of The Union And Internal Prosperity Of The Roman Empire, In The Age Of The Antonines.
It is not alone by the rapidity, or extent of conquest, that we should estimate the greatness of Rome.

The sovereign of the Russian deserts commands a larger portion of the globe.

In the seventh summer after his passage of the Hellespont, Alexander erected the Macedonian trophies on the banks of the Hyphasis.

[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.

[2] But the firm edifice of Roman power was raised and preserved by the wisdom of ages.