The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶567
Rome, according to the expression of an orator, recalled her armies; and the unfortunate Severus, destitute of force and of counsel, retired, or rather fled, with precipitation, to Ravenna.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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