The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 294
the capital of theworld was transferred from this city to Constantinople. Eo new workswere undertaken, and everything that existed was allowed to decay. Inthe year 330 of our era Rome is said to have possessed 37 gates, 19aqueducts, and 3 bridges across the Tiber. From the gates of the city28… … EMPEROR JUSTINIAN.—[From a mosaic] you a very clear idea of the greatness of the city, but I think you willnot fail to understand that it was certainly very extensive and mao--nificent before its decline began. Yes, I understand, Mrs. Bassett replied; and how did it happenthat so much was allowed…
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