 Houses were everywhere erected at the distance only of five or six miles; each of them was constantly provided with forty horses, and by the help of these relays it was easy to travel an hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads.  Herodotus, tr. by W. Beloe - Page 281by Herodotus - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 494 pages
...institution of posts J. Houses were every where erected at the distance only of five or six miles j each of them was constantly provided with forty horses,...by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel an Hundred : •:.,- :; miles 4. -llj, ..'. - •- ' •*. .•)>•••- . * Montfaucon, 1'Antiquite... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pages
...establish, throughout their extensive dominions, the regular institution of posts.* Houses were everywhere erected at the distance only of five or six miles...by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel an hundred ' Montfaucon, 1'Antyiuite' Expliquee (torn, iv, p. 2, 1. i, c. 5), has described the bridges... | |
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 562 pages
...receiving the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the emperor* to establish, throughout their extensive dominions,...forty horses, and by the help of these relays, it was eaiy to travel a hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads." Mr. Gibbon adds in a note the following... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 472 pages
...establish, throughout their extensive dominions, the regular institution of posts88. Houses were everywhere erected at the distance only of five or six miles...of them was constantly provided with forty horses, antf by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel an hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads80.... | |
 | Thomas Walker Horsfield - 1824 - 496 pages
...intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the Emperors to establish through their extensive dominions, the regular institution...by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel an hundred mles in a day along the Roman roads. The use of the posts was allowed to those who claimed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 pages
...institution of posts. № Houses were every where erected at the distance only of five or six miles ; cac'h of them was constantly provided with forty horses,...by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel an hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads.81* The use of the posts was allowed to those who claimed... | |
 | 1827 - 558 pages
...extensive domipjons, tlje regular i tu lion of posts. Houses were every where erected at the distance of five or six miles ; each of them was constantly...these relays, it was easy to travel a hundred miles a-day along the Roman roads." Now,asit is my present object to form somewhat of a comparison between... | |
 | 1829 - 622 pages
...dominions the regular institution of posts. Houses were every where erected, at the distance of only five or six miles : each of them was constantly provided...by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel one hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads." ' In a subsequent part of his history, and at a... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1829 - 616 pages
...dominions the regular institution of posts. Houses were everywhere erected, at the distance of only five or six miles : each of them was constantly provided...by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel one hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads." ' In a subsequent part of his history, and at a... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 542 pages
...emperors to establish, throughout their extensive dominions, the regular institution of posts. Houses wer* every where erected at the distance only of five or...to travel a hundred miles in a day along the Roman mad»." Mr Gibbon adds in a note the following anecdote : " In the time of Theodositis, Cesarius, a... | |
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