Italy and Her Invaders (Volume 1); The Visigothic Invasion. 1880 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0217227260 ISBN 13: 9780217227261

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1880. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Book i. A better illustration of this could not perhaps be ch' 9- found than that which is afforded by Maria Theresa and the Emperor Joseph II. But Placidia, we must remember, was really the man of her family. She had the energy and the wisdom of her father; her brothers, her son, her nephew exhibited through life that strange lethargy which at intervals crept over him. And her husband, the coarse and brutal buffoon, may well have contributed to the natures both of Valentinian and Honoria a taint of sensuality which the wisest mother would have found it difficult to eradicate. The Theodosian sullenness and the Constantian vulgarity were poor materials out of which to form an Emperor of Rome. Upon the whole issue, without palliating her alleged share in the judicial murder of Serena, or denying her ill-success in the training of her children, one may plead for a favourable verdict as to the character of Placidia. Her love for Ataulfus, her grief at his death, her brave endurance of the insults of his murderer, long ago enlisted me on her side; and now, after carefully reading all that her detractors have to urge against her, I look upon her still as the one sweetest and purest figure of that dreary time. death of She died at Rome on the 27th November, 450, near the 60th year of her age. Apparently the whole Imperial Court removed in this year to the city by the Tiber; but Placidia's body was carried back to that Ravenna which she had so lavishly adorned. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. 469 The mausoleum of Galla Placidia, otherwise Book I. called the church of St. Nazarius and St. Celsus, °h' 9' is a little building shaped like a Latin cross, equal Her man · i i , solemn at armed, measuring about 40 feet both ways. At Ravenna, the centre of the cross you ...

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• ISBN 10: 0217227260
• ISBN 13: 9780217227261
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