In sharp contrast to all these barbarians stood the
1 It is very probable that the extraordinary drought, which is the chief obstacle now to in the Crimea and in these regions generally, has been greatly increased by the disappearance of the forests of central and southern Russia, which formerly to some extent protected the coast-provinces from the parching north-east wind.
1 It is very probable that the extraordinary drought, which is the chief obstacle now to in the Crimea and in these regions generally, has been greatly increased by the disappearance of the forests of central and southern Russia, which formerly to some extent protected the coast-provinces from the parching north-east wind.
The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.4. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903
