La storia delle nazioni più grandi, dall'alba della storia al ventesimo secolo : una storia completa, fondata sulle autorità principali, compresa una cronologia completa del mondo, e un vocabolario pronunciante di ogni nazione . ad ovest la portata di questo dominio era di circa 2.700 miglia, con una larghezza media di 1.000 miglia. Ha abbracciato paesi temoderni di Francia, Spagna, Portogallo, Belgio, WesternHolland, Rhenish Prussia, parti di BadeUj Wurtemberg andBavaria, tutta la Svizzera, Italia, il Tirolo, Austria propriamente detto Ungheria occidentale, Croazia, Slavonia, Servia, Turchia in Europa, Gre

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The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . to west the extent of this domain was about 2, 700miles, with an average breadth of 1, 000 miles. It embraced themodern countries of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, WesternHolland, Rhenish Prussia, portions of BadeUj Wurtemberg andBavaria, all of Switzerland, Italy, the Tyrol, Austria proper.Western Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Servia, Turkey in Europe, , Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Idumsea, Egypt, the Cyre-naica, Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, and most of Morocco. Outside of Italy, the empire was divided into twenty-seven provinces, ofwhich the Western numbered fourteen; the Eastern, eight; and the Southern, .five. Within this area were three distinct civilizations: the Latin, which em-braced the countries from the Atlantic to the Adriatic; the Greek, from the-Adriatic to Mount Taurus; and the Oriental, around Egypt and the Euphrates.The empire was admirably policed. Peace was so clearly to the interest ofthe people of the inland shores that the Mediterranean provinces held scarcely. 4o8 The Story of the Greatest Nations the shadow of a garrison. Each state and town could be trusted to govern it-self. There were hardly even defenders of Italy and Rome. Augustus per-sonal safety was confided to a few body-guards, though during the reign of hissuccessor the battalions were gathered in camp at the gates of the city. Thelegions forming the standing army of the empire were placed on the frontiersor among the restless provinces. There were three legions in the Spanishpeninsula, eight on the banks of the Rhine, two in Africa, two in Egypt, fouron the line of the Euphrates, four on the Danube, while two were held in re-serve in Dalmatia, where in a contingency they could be readily summoned toRome. Each of these twenty-five legions con

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