Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Eastern Spain” in book 1, chapter 49 of Cornelius Tacitus, The History:
...ss for wisdom. While in the vigour of life, he
enjoyed a high military reputation in Germany; as
proconsul he ruled Africa with moderation, and when
advanced in years shewed the same integrity in Eastern
Spain . He seemed greater than a subject while he was yet in a subject's
rank, and by common consent would have been pronounced equal to empire, had
he never been emperor.
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