 | 1925 - 906 sayfa
...the fab-ric of society. No one has described the condition more graphically than Gibbon himself: "The important transactions of peace and war were prepared or concluded by solemn sacrifices. The public spectacles were an essential part of the cheer-ful devotion of the pagans. The gods were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - 1094 sayfa
...same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind and all the offices and amusements of society.40 The important transactions of peace and war were prepared...senator, and the soldier were obliged to preside or to participate.41 The public spectacles were an essential part of the cheerful devotion of the Pagans,... | |
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... of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind and all the... 
