 The republic (they repeat that name without a blush) might safely confide in the civil and military virtues of Odoacer; and they humbly request that the emperor would invest him with the title of Patrician and the administration of the diocese of Italy.  Ravenna: A Study - Page 54by Edward Hutton - 1913 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Royal Robbins - 1849 - 732 pages
...East and the West:" at the same time they begged the favour, that the emperor would invest Odoacer with the title of patrician, and the administration of the diocese of Italy. Their request was granted, and to Auguslulus, was assigned a splendid income, to support him in a private... | |
 | Edward Budge - 1851 - 326 pages
...both the East and West. Confiding in the civil and military virtues of Odoacer, they humbly requested that the Emperor would invest him with the title of Patrician and with the administration of the Diocese of Italy. The vanity of Zeno was gratified by the title of sole... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1853 - 86 pages
...transferred from Home to Constantinople : and they renounce the right of choosing their Master. The Republic might safely confide in the civil and military virtues...Patrician and the administration of the Diocese of Italy. What was the result of this humble request ? Did it at all involve the idea, that THE ROMAN EMPERORSHIP... | |
 | 1853 - 1042 pages
...government from Rome to Constantinople ; and their humble request that the emperor would invest Odoacer with the title of Patrician, and the administration of the diocese of Italy, (p. 1 -t.) He also copies Gibbon's narrative relating Zeno's stern reproaches of the senate for ' their... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 458 pages
...master, the " only vestige that yet remained of the authority which had given " laws to the world. The republic (they repeat that name without a " blush)...and the administration of the diocese " of Italy." The deputies of the senate were received at Constantinople with some marks of displeasure and indignation... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 582 pages
...their master, the only vestige that yet remained ot the authority which had given laws to the world. The republic," they repeat that name without a blush,...patrician, and the administration of the diocese. ) < .£ f oQtaly." The deputies of the senate were received atUon- / stantinople with some marks of... | |
 | Philip Gell - 1854 - 428 pages
...The republic (they repeat that name without a blush) might safely confide in the military and civil virtues of Odoacer ; and they humbly request that...Patrician, and the administration of the diocese of Italy." The deputies of the senate were received at Constantinople with some marks of displeasure and indignation... | |
 | Philip Gell - 1854 - 392 pages
...Essays," by Thomas Gisborne, MA Essay vii. i Gibbon, vii. 224, chap. xli. from Rome to Constantinople. The Republic, (they repeat that name without a blush,) might safely confide in the military and civil virtues of Odoacer; and they humbly request that the emperor would invest him with... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1856 - 752 pages
...their master, the only vestige that yet remained of the authority which had given laws to the world. The republic (they repeat that name without a blush)...they humbly request, that the emperor would invest hinr with the title of Patrician, and the administration of the diocese of Italy." The deputies of... | |
 | Robert Skeen - 1857 - 440 pages
...right of choosing their master. They humbly requested that the Emperor of the East would invest Odoacer with the title of Patrician, and the administration of the diocese of Italy." "Thus," says Elliott, "of the imperial sun the third which appertained to the western empire was eclipsed,... | |
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