The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶520
The reduction of Egypt was immediately followed by the Persian war. It was reserved for the reign of Diocletian to vanquish that powerful nation, and to extort a confession from the successors of Artaxerxes, of the superior majesty of the Roman empire.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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