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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Charact Of Balisarius
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877.) I have seen an ingenious model, contrived and executed by General Melville, which imitates or surpasses the art of antiquity.] [Footnote 82: The description of this mausoleum, or mole, in Procopius, (l.i.c.

25.) is the first and best.

The height above the walls.

On Nolli's great plan, the sides measure 260 English feet.

* Note: Donatus and Nardini suppose that Hadrian's tomb was fortified by Honorius; it was united to the wall by men of old, (Procop in loc.) Gibbon has mistaken the breadth for the height above the walls Hobhouse, Illust.


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