Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Caesars
The Caesars
The Caesars
Ebook243 pages4 hours

The Caesars

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivalled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many—if we except the cities of Greece, none at all—in the grandeur of architectural display. Speaking even of London, we ought in all reason to say—the Nation of London, and not the City of London; but of Rome in her palmy days, nothing less could be said in the naked severity of logic. A million and a half of souls—that population, apart from any other distinctions, is per se for London a justifying ground for such a classification; à fortiori, then, will it belong to a city which counted from one horn to the other of its mighty suburbs not less than four millions of inhabitants at the very least, as we resolutely maintain after reviewing all that has been written on that much vexed theme, and very probably half as many more. Republican Rome had her prerogative tribe; the earth has its prerogative city; and that city was Rome.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPublishdrive
Release dateJul 11, 2017
The Caesars
Author

Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey was born in Manchester in 1785. Highly intelligent but with a rebellious spirit, he was offered a place at Oxford University while still a student at Manchester Grammar School. But unwilling to complete his studies, he ran away and lived on the streets, first in Wales and then in London. Eventually he returned home and took up his place at Oxford, but quit before completing his degree. A friend of Coleridge and Wordsworth, he eventually settled in Grasmere in the Lake District and worked as a journalist. He first wrote about his opium experiences in essays for The London Magazine, and these were printed in book form in 1822. De Quincey died in 1859.

Read more from Thomas De Quincey

Related to The Caesars

Related ebooks

Ancient History For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for The Caesars

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Caesars - Thomas De Quincey

    }M2^book_preview_excerpt.html|Fоigv;@K@Hm/}EfU?̟Tګ}y^MII }E2?'ND//_\^fL<5c;to/?_4߿m^݇7}x+Oؿ͛?K^݇7?4 +}~o_6]S|hfC>ys1Ss S3ħ8687 =oaM]a8͜p-ZBc0iCNi868{e1 ]\F{qHxIYϚqlć8r!&|>zS!e }ӥ҇C#熩kÎ/ 43 T&eΐ˰._ǯvz Xznt6=%[ӅE͒[ {(ZAOcjW9='N L>uɗZq |n0Ӝw`:iZW k7<@!lYxO ;8̀=bۇiJu:4KV`%f&}ƈ؂ Ua$ (;Gm&Ιyq?iW$Z&(.4VNa0aMB6)8LoB T^G=1QIg^ XL B$ﱍ#-Mg4 ]y44xTh1L2l6;G*+ry _N/l|]KgL~MRzyq;5^N3%J~]*OgmH `'Ϡ>dz+*Cg3;|-z|׿u ú ¿mDl"!1ݑB?-#H}+zVZ6cS)@Dr+՟c}?!y\ f Ӏf,"b60{mΒ gWOduxC'ttVaZktbSkNz:nMt2iAj}zZ^ť\:R )Q')BUne8FhE"oH$8B#$x.Bh:,H.F+E#ei+fD1N !30S>Z^7i6+ptMs`!>Z.|-Vˌ0;pt }+W+8c`=e0$6A]t@?,P,#> k` l\8 3KOW,N.3!v\kmL^)YuSۡT{62}4t6F.$;=\X3{8_u`4AT2Rܢ]e[ VA ?@8ʹxn;Ç,aDp>@Gj =il36GC]*<0^f'S]@f!]}O}At@-c`aرS :[)^:.mǦTGiC?!f۠~b'eç{ #!&nYNYz.gSfa)cfc08d"~\)c$%>zwNw|UǼK!)«KQ*~"+{Xsi֌0qMZkWd n5K A-mψL\)gK7SWhmsVLWK -|M!ȁvWeͬ^Vfe|tW G%̂O s5N{EgXP}UR W&eIBjʈ e")ڼ'ϟpd_gP`?N f|$lRfH' xl!naKyVJ^r qAdEryTdSURґjPGLTtܒR#ãQhaBs`O4EyA9:mPGA1.kϑl;z%lLnX@0Wr)O #u{Q d!_.PjxP)t Hȸ=rUpX1aЩMO-)'h̿g">֤)ֺ֝Gh,p!0 rNGqKq]V,d7D.c |# q +bƎ3nF &crptpmac>"vn218+hC= x0n۾aYqN14dA\e)8ॅUV%t?ܞRvJ?mg8ǓDI^LIHŰW,LZ ̐18054*A }T.H6d7AB8QE`DRֶ`A\ :@-`̙|tj^-Y(# r;f`܋&N›02u2-Fsxa]-;z:blN$.KǢ朠4;*ͤgT\!'k~'SG+s*P,?+ӴU#qi(OfO˄2sBDwf.il盪\6ӚNpMq>9."nPq-xuRr(X3&H[9 '-FuXPPW[ڧV 2h2Y 0-<(Đ<?AT8`M2hկAalܚOc:YYF Fk& uXHϻj*qѩRr !}T<+K3Q- r &+hSJs1kk!ţ&zf$ YpanHaSU.DПwƑ[<ӥӊhTyBz5UB%$1!ӎyf0S[H*fj2nKwK`]N,3p< 25PS,cV(TQU[nxKGDtfŝD-gmPX Dg 0?&,{C[RD%Z,֪gc8׎ ;슞 aSj$Y)6Ne RֶBoD *p [ &#dVӲ2xE6~VGxdq_,U01Y\,EDCd1Pq)((\6':nw\Ky> h1R0N<JPZ-g Wu-er6T(mY߅`>.S^R"q 3D$h{ lĂ+{ fϹ 8c>p_RM7R 1DzMPK8ս'沶lki~l\Q%8tPmPPP ku{aYf/TAz73U_E'32K@,S2 C<0[Az.cTV%DAhB9VfB?G/|W :d$c:YmU%l]g^W'Y!h%KZ K>¡B͎,L9 tKz'\饴N2zh~wUp~{D3as/č04u <.n^`}%fFHxW3۷Ď+GKCIi2[%{hw\9-4>&4H.k)Xo%*USpvLF-0r7 pnR(v#.> yXWlHMRVxMGfot ~: 0%0yߎB:v22/:M:@U!}]S C:@1]7+*zr{|dgu)lP8S-itd$N*)lg$YVH;@ͥ -VlK֭4or[M7lǷ-uN[3?r/S(x@Y<zyD8aM#ߨ^öIE9Oۺq\ƥP:b})mR&#U.p_ľ3G/߭=#N fAR"˼ͱgl s5+G[~1&Z? NC6kdyYf}4Yٜ6F7Bpv+xe)&?ٰB2d:ؗiQo][nѳUtx42kJO&sKD+hyv9`.4f.0g>~sgbԂCqt]XwZ|KbN`U/;$5"xTx!f|JT;vKďfKd,jY$ BY;`X5YEmFp ˑ[*X5k l}c%VBX<]BezkʜFO DWkuu>ztHLcVѵi9V0Y _X+]βus(Xd, ~&w^{*Mc!GU(y1<:;Y*+. 1O2%!~ L^1vU RѣcWwsԭõ~KWœc$\i* GƊjW1d1)ӫTK4߲+P9.wFYc\눚:](ǁݹ,hn$CFv5 *B%P:slRUY B6WE3)5Iy5> T%LCZybLbX{nS:ezOu2&' Z|+CRgm5_9M_VM(qWY3m^fV قz=mX =J5 P<"Y^W;i^Ev!ݶ庫Oǿ@мD8 fÊa\I%aփ) 龢g&Y2KJ<Y U&=4`QGݸ>{¦$4R! ̴`Y:I w&:t@ÏLgM`Y/XQ,'ֻDE>>Zѥ5e?,X:N Pޢ0'[A*lj:'Xz U}󾺏x.ԺMBg>X=Y ô'YsۥTA>,cv=kGzAd6e6m.9YLԝ+FH^Enb*e!,wV `srAӺhGߖXfpE_?.ӽv\LI]'P݆ RL<_i^]YWKc[ FoQ3ߊ@wuzRql>oH1\aD&- IB76E{^YLJg'20HƛY]=ے1qv !h+nX^P-nҮJLs-2R-NN)*\ Wɠ#34Pj=vdpq'R:J:KW8<īO^-.:LAf a+S'GC zLY"TU?x^jjRWh`1{ u[6: Yy"^F tO[3Q]Ht/'yx~;<c cV^ס9djТ? 7Mq;;R]/.Oi3/lwp!%N*ⵔ`A`PģZm8:Yθf>D'I)޴C\1e- rXG4OK|qv|W.=V~W1N@_PVI7ʌ0'><a(IM6}`YaQ(شWآw͞J#AX+.S! AwEzNT|] :~Op9YW9rRaʦozuBdΓ5ECCgpU)1Yw< MfkbмmNNJ`K0ʾᰲ[ˮy1%cSXJULG;/<+ /l}"D6_]C}%)`w`y35rk$}pQi8InTkmx(+iũh:n>SIOطu*j 7yLW߬١R~O:rɂiZ^fq{읝%2 '5gAa,okf*Gr!{KQ8-MBU]nw[ɘփJߗ ɻzܽQ_ް34؁iS)nNs~\QR$W=$%۴0KdeڶlS-K$`e{j]m&_CKcGzA0h̽̿p%A+kڜ-y+G^첬)+ʱ\̚26ܼQ=}ӯc)OE j7t} _Ke5e="[\J'{U,fdH*ͻ#uZs$[+[6ll-%w@_xO*5HAhʓysjoޣnBf@? ch]%6<~\Qz$jXPE /lH8iWT/7[G7ߑ Coӎ=2A?}TXhRH˜Tǣ-al*$ رkjo*b_?8 lX\c["uXXT6:xvSm~oײŒW hoF/UlJs&?!3m=xm}wr{Zz81oܩZG8<~* +Z(pH~d=ٸO"
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1