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Identifier: iconesimperatorv01golt (find matches)
Title: Icones imperatorvm romanorvm, ex priscis numismatibus ad viuum delineatae, & breui narratione historicâ
Year: 1645 (1640s)
Authors: Goltzius, Hubert, 1526-1583 Gevaerts, Jean-Gaspard, 1593-1666 Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Subjects: Emperors Emperors Numismatics, Roman
Publisher: Antverpiae, Ex officina plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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temChristvm interDeos adnumc-rari voluit. Poftquam r3er aliquot annos Roma; vixiffeo, nulli non voluptatis ge-neri addidtus, tandem in infulamCapreas feceflit, vbi & luxuria;, immaniflmiif-que ca;dibus vacauit: nulli affinium vfqueadeo non pepercit, vt vel propriasproles veneno extinxerit. Indies multos e Senatoribus, Nobilibiis, ciuibusque,crudeliflimis necauit tormentis ; quorum filios ac vxores in Gemonias pertradtosex alto prascipitari iuflit: virgines, immaturasque puellas , quas more traditoftrangulare nefas erat, primum a carnifice vitiari , ac deinde ftrangulari iuftit.Exterarum quoque nationum Legatos, ne eius fruitia aliis innotefceret regioni-bus, atrociflimis fuppliciis interfici iuflit. Turn ab Imperio Romano defciue-runt Parthi, Armenij, Mcefij, Bulgari, Daci,Polonij & Germani quoque, poftdefedtionem, totam depopulati funt Galliam : ac vt femel dicam, nulla vix to-to orbe regio erat, qua; non multis fcateret feditionibus. Ill ME MORTVO TERRA IGNM IS C £ A T V R*
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iEtatis anno l x x v n i. Regni verb x x 11 r.veneno necatus eft.
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