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The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. during a happy period (a.d. 98-180) of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the virtue and abilities of nerva, trajan, hadrian, and the two antonines.
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The Image Of A Free Constitution Was

Edward Gibbon
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. during a happy period (a.d. 98-180) of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the virtue and abilities of nerva, trajan, hadrian, and the two antonines.
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