[The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
CHAPTER XXXI: Invasion Of Italy, Occupation Of Territories By
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This passage, which I owe to Vossius, is clear, strong, and comprehensive.] [Footnote 69: The successive testimonies of Pliny, Aristides, Claudian, Rutilius, &c., prove the insufficiency of these restrictive edicts.
See Lipsius, de Magnitud.
Romana, l.iii.c.
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Tabulata tibi jam tertia fumant; Tu nescis; nam si gradibus trepidatur ab imis Ultimus ardebit, quem tegula sola tuetur A pluvia.
---Juvenal.
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