 | Christianity - 1829 - 622 pages
...frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great...point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of 4O8O Roman miles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct Hue... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1829 - 616 pages
...frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great chain of communication from the nortfc-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of 4080 Roman miles.... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...found that the great hain of communication, from the north-west to the south-east point of the mpire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman niles. The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran D a direct line from one city... | |
 | Henry Brooke Parnell (1st baron Congleton.) - 1833 - 488 pages
...empire. " If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus (in Britain) to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great...communication from the north-west to the south-east part of the empire was drawn out to a length of 4080 Roman miles, or 3740 English miles. The public... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great...chain of communication, from the north-west to the south-cast point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles.... | |
 | Sir Henry Parnell - 1838 - 512 pages
...empire. " If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus (in Britain) to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great...communication from the north-west to the southeast part of the empire was drawn out to a length of 4080 Roman miles, or 8740 English miles. The public... | |
 | English periodicals - 1838 - 732 pages
...bounds of the empire. The line of communication from the wall of Antoninus to Jerusalem was estimated at the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles*. The public roads ran in direct lines without regard to natural obstacles. Mountains were cut through, and arches thrown... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 pages
...frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great...miles.' The public roads were accurately divided by mile-stones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles... | |
 | Charles Wellbeloved - 1842 - 268 pages
...traversed Italy, pervaded the provinces, and were terminated only by the frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus...point of the Empire was drawn out to the length of 4,080 Roman (or about 3,740 English) miles. The public roads which formed this chain of communication... | |
 | Henry Davis - 1844 - 224 pages
...frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance of the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great...miles. The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles... | |
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... which, issuing from the Forum of Rome, traversed Italy, pervaded the provinces, and were terminated only by the frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be... 
