The Morals of Princes: Or, An Abstract of the Most Remarkable Passages Contain'd in the History of All the Emperors who Reign'd in Rome. With a Moral Reflection Drawn from Each Quotation |
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১১ ८८ ८८ ८८ ADRIAN Afia againſt alſo Anſwer Army AURELIAN BASSIANUS becauſe Birth CÆSAR call'd caus'd cauſe choſe CLAUDIUS COMMODUS confiderable confifts Conſpiracy cou'd Court Death DECIUS declar'd Defire Deſign Dignity DIOCLESIAN diſpatch'd DOMITIAN Emperor Enemy enter'd fame fent firſt fome foon fuch GALBA gave Glory Goths Government HELIOGABALUS himſelf HISTORY Honour Intereſt Justice kill'd laſt leaſt leſs Loſs MACRINUS MARC ANTONY MARCUS MARCUS AURELIUS Maſter MORAL REFLECTION moſt NERO NERVA oblig'd OCTAVIUS oppoſe order'd paſs'd PERSENIUS Perſon PERTINAX Pleaſures POMPEY Power preſent preſerve Prince proclaim'd prov'd Provinces publick Punishment Reaſon receiv'd refus'd Reign reign'd remain'd render'd Reſpect return'd Revenge Roman Empire Rome ſame Sarmatians ſaying ſecond ſecure ſeem'd ſeeming ſelf Senate ſent ſeveral SEVERUS SEXTUS POMPEY ſhare ſhe ſhew ſhew'd ſhou'd Soldiers ſome ſometimes Sovereign ſtill Subjects ſuch ſupport theſe thoſe thro TIBERIUS TRAJAN uſe VESPASIAN Victory Virtue VITELLIUS whoſe Wife wou'd
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