...thofe limits, which nature feemed to have placed both as its bulwarks and boundaries; viz. on the Weft the Atlantic ocean; the Rhine and Danube on the North ; the Euphrates on the Eaft ; and towards- the South, the fandy deferts of Arabia and Africa. Mr. Gibbon obierves, that this...

...which ' ' p' 3' nature feemed to have placed as its permanent bulwarks, and boundaries; on the weft the Atlantic ocean:— the Rhine, and Danube on the -north: — the Euphrates, on the eaft: — and on the fouth, the fandy deferts of Arabia, and Africa." Whether in confequence of this...

...the senate. He be'"""** queathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire within those limits, which nature seemed to...towards the south, the sandy deserts of Arabia and Africa.4 imitated Happily for the repose of mankind, the mo(jerate system recommended by the wisdom...

...read in the senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire within those limits which nature seemed to...have placed as its permanent bulwarks and boundaries : the west, the Atlantic ocean ; on the Rhine and Danube on the north ; the Euphrates on the east ;...

...by the boundaries which he conceived nature had pointed out, namely, the Atlantic Ocean on the west, the Rhine and Danube on the north, the Euphrates on the east, and the sandy deserts of Arabia and Africa towards the south. His immediate successors adopted this resolution,...

...the public councils. He bequeathed a valuable legacy to his successors in the advice to confine the empire within those limits which nature seemed to...boundaries : on the west the Atlantic Ocean ; the Rhine and the Danube on the north ; the Euphrates on the east ; and towards the south, the deserts of Africa...

...placed as its permanent bulwarks and boundaries : on the west the Atlantic Ocean ; the Rhine and the Danube on the north ; the Euphrates on the east ; and towards the south, the deserts of Africa and Arabia. The first exception to this policy was the subjugation of Britain ; the...

...imperial reign, AD 14. At the time of his death the empire was bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the West, the Rhine and Danube on the North, the Euphrates on the East, and the deserts of Arabia and Africa on the South ; and these boundaries he recommended in his testament...

...fixed limits which would be at once boundaries to Rome's ambition, and bulwarks against foreign foes ; the Rhine and Danube on the north, the Euphrates on the east, the deserts of Africa on the south, and on the west the restless and stormy waters of the vast Atlantic...

...read in the senate. He bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire within those limits which nature seemed to...towards the south the sandy deserts of Arabia and Africa.4 Happily for the repose of mankind, the moderate system recommended by the wisdom of Augustus...