A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

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A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

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In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

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For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.

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Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.

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