...proverbial expression, which is recorded in the eighUi century, in the fragments of the venerable Bede: " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when...fall; when .Rome falls, the " world will fall."** In the modern system of war, a situation commanded by three hills would not be chosen for a fortress...

...proverbial expression, which is recorded in the eighth century, in the fragments of the venerable Bede: "As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; •...Rome will fall; when Rome " falls, the world will fall52." In the modern system of war, a situation commanded by three hills would not he chosen for...

...records the memorable prophesy of the pilgrims in that age — " While the Coliseum stands, Rome will stand — when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall — when Rome falls, the world will fall."* * See concluding chapter of the Decline and Fall. The world was very near its fall, indeed, a few years...

...of the northern pilgrims, who saw it in the eighth century, recorded by the venerable Bede: — " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall." But what neglect and the ravages of time could not have done, the struggles of contending factions,...

...the northern pilgrims, - who saw it in the eighth century, recorded by the venerable Bede : — " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall." But what neglect and the ravages of time could not have done, the struggles of contending factions,...

...proverbial expression, which is recorded in the eighth century, in the fragments of the venerable Bede : "As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum falls, lióme will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall."52 In the modern system of war, a situation...

...well have received the account of this building from the Anglo-Saxon pilgrims. He says of it, " As long as the Coliseum stands, " Rome shall stand :...Rome will fall : when Rome falls, the world " will fall."y We may contrast with this the words of Martial, who saw it in all its splendour, when first...

...233,) pronouucts the rapine of the Barbarians to bo the unani germanamque causam {огатШшхц when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall ; when Rome falls, the world \yill fall."(52) In the modern system of war, a situation commanded by three hills would not be chosen...

...visited Rome in the eighth century, is recorded by the Venerable Bede, and thus given by Gibbon : ' As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when...will fall ; when Rome falls, the world will fall.' — Gibbon, c. nit. the Alban hills may again open their dreadful artillery upon the city, or that...

...hostes suos ulcisci," &c. &c. An, I. § 88. t The Coliseum ; of which an ancient writer says, " As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand ; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall; and when Rome falls, the world will fall." The Coliseum is said to be so called from a colossal statue...