Danube
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Danube is a recurring place in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between June 03, 2021 and July 05, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “and spent on the army in the poorer frontier areas such as … the Danube”; “Along the flowing Danube stood the fortress”. It most often appears alongside Britain, Cicero, 1812.
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- Category: Places
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: June 03, 2021
- Last seen: July 05, 2024
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- Britain (2 shared issues)
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- Cicero (2 shared issues)
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- 1812 (1 shared issues)
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- Ada (1 shared issues)
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- Albania (1 shared issues)
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- ancient Rome (1 shared issues)
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- Asia (1 shared issues)
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- Aurora Raby (1 shared issues)
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- Baba (1 shared issues)
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- Bacchanalian revels (1 shared issues)
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- Becatti 1968 (1 shared issues)
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- Blake (1 shared issues)
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Source Context
Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
For a one-time infusion of wealth from each conquered province, Rome had to undertake administrative and military responsibilities that lasted centuries. For Rome, the costs of administering some provinces (such as Spain and Macedonia) exceeded their revenues. And although he was probably exaggerating, Cicero complained in 66 B.C. that, of all Roman conquests, only Asia yielded a surplus. In general, most revenues were raised in the richer lands of the Mediterranean, and spent on the army in the poorer frontier areas such as Britain, the Rhineland, and the Danube.
Along the flowing Danube stood the fortress Of Ismail, commanded by the Turks, With rows of nested palisades (too torturous To scale), walls, bastions, ramparts, and such works; The Russian fleet, without some loyal portress, Was firing with the rage of Norse berserks, And yet each bursting, thund’ring cannonball Could scarcely be enough to breach the wall.
Inline links: berserks