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 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. 59 the empire by the expense of blood and treasure, and ci i A P. by the perpetual increase, as well of the taxes as of ^^^' the military establishment. The foundation of Con- stantinople, and the establishment of the christian re- ligion, were the immediate and memorable consequences of this revolution.