Priscus

(though Priscus is one of the best) to express myself without hesitation. —

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

The best historical information comes from a Byzantine historian called Priscus, a contemporary of Attila.

Attila the Hun 2008

Aurengzebe, as it is so agreeably described by Bernier, (tom.ii. p. 217 — 235,) blended the manners of Scythia with the magnificence and luxury of Hindostan.] * The name of this queen occurs three times in Priscus, and always in a different form —

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Agathias] 32 See the whole conversation in Priscus, p. 59 — 62.]

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Every wealthy house possessed a semicircular table of massy silver such as two men could scarcely lift, a vase of solid gold of the weight of forty pounds, cups, dishes, of the same metal, &c.] 35 The articles of the treaty, expressed without much order or precision, may be found in Priscus,

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

M.] 17 See the original conversation in Priscus, p. 64, 65.]

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

He relates that the ceremony took place at the townhouse of a leading local citizen of Narbonne named Ingenuus and was attended by a mixture of barbarian and Roman guests, including a senator, Priscus Attalus, who had been taken hostage by the Goths at the same time as Placidia and released early in a plea bargain.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

Federalists also suspected that Adams was distributing the published letters of the “Federal Farmer” in Massachusetts and writing a series of newspaper essays critical of the Constitution signed “Helvidius Priscus.”

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Federalists also suspected that Adams was distributing the published letters of the “Federal Farmer” in Massachusetts and writing a series of newspaper essays critical of the Constitution signed “Helvidius Priscus.”

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Those lucky enough to be there witnessed events that were, in their way, every bit as dramatic as the Frasier-Ali "rumble in the jungle" or the epic bout between Priscus and Verus at the opening of the Flavian amphitheater.

Let the Bidding War Begin 2010