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... court of Susa might perhaps look as a watch upon the satrap himself . The satrap or the secretary apportioned the sum payable by the satrapy in the aggre- gate among the various component districts , towns , or provinces , leaving to ...
... court of Susa might perhaps look as a watch upon the satrap himself . The satrap or the secretary apportioned the sum payable by the satrapy in the aggre- gate among the various component districts , towns , or provinces , leaving to ...
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... court on Mount Olympus , a hill in Thessaly , 9000 feet in height , and the loftiest in Greece . Any truth which there might be in the story of the Titans and their princes was completely disguised by the poets , and by the popular ...
... court on Mount Olympus , a hill in Thessaly , 9000 feet in height , and the loftiest in Greece . Any truth which there might be in the story of the Titans and their princes was completely disguised by the poets , and by the popular ...
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... court , consisting of 400 members , and called the Areo- pagus . This court of Areopagus besides its other duties , exercised a cen- sorship over public morals , and was empowered to punish impiety , profligacy , and even idleness . To ...
... court , consisting of 400 members , and called the Areo- pagus . This court of Areopagus besides its other duties , exercised a cen- sorship over public morals , and was empowered to punish impiety , profligacy , and even idleness . To ...
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... court and army . The reign of the latter prince is memorable on several accounts : it was under his aus- pices that a knowledge of the silk manufacture was first brought to Europe , where it gave employment to much ingenious industry ...
... court and army . The reign of the latter prince is memorable on several accounts : it was under his aus- pices that a knowledge of the silk manufacture was first brought to Europe , where it gave employment to much ingenious industry ...
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... court of Constantinople during much of this period were dissolute and corrupt . We are told of one emperor who ordered a plate of human noses to be brought to his table ; another was accustomed to seize the deputies of cities whose ...
... court of Constantinople during much of this period were dissolute and corrupt . We are told of one emperor who ordered a plate of human noses to be brought to his table ; another was accustomed to seize the deputies of cities whose ...
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