The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶272
Balbinus answered it without hesitation—“The love of the senate, of the people, and of all mankind.” “Alas!” replied his more penetrating colleague—“alas! I dread the hatred of the soldiers, and the fatal effects of their resentment.” His apprehensions were but too well justified by the event.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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