Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, repr. with the omission of all passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency, by T. Bowdler, Volume 51826 |
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... Comnenian Dynasty . - Alexius the First . - Apulia and Sicily conquered by the Normans . - Robert Guiscard invades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second Time ...
... Comnenian Dynasty . - Alexius the First . - Apulia and Sicily conquered by the Normans . - Robert Guiscard invades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second Time ...
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... Comnenian : but the former was betrayed by his ambassadors , and the latter was prevented by his friends . The solitary Michael sub- mitted to the voice of the people , and by the hands of the patriarch Isaac Comnenus was solemnly ...
... Comnenian : but the former was betrayed by his ambassadors , and the latter was prevented by his friends . The solitary Michael sub- mitted to the voice of the people , and by the hands of the patriarch Isaac Comnenus was solemnly ...
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... , emendation , and supplement . Without these two learned French- men I should be blind indeed in the eastern world . CHAP . XLII . CHAP . XLIII . CHAP . XLIII . The Comnenian D 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 87 Death of Alp Arslan.
... , emendation , and supplement . Without these two learned French- men I should be blind indeed in the eastern world . CHAP . XLII . CHAP . XLIII . CHAP . XLIII . The Comnenian D 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 87 Death of Alp Arslan.
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Edward Gibbon Thomas Bowdler. CHAP . XLIII . CHAP . XLIII . The Comnenian Dynasty . — Alexius the First . - Apulia nad Sicily conquered by the Normans . - Robert Guiscard in- vades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges ...
Edward Gibbon Thomas Bowdler. CHAP . XLIII . CHAP . XLIII . The Comnenian Dynasty . — Alexius the First . - Apulia nad Sicily conquered by the Normans . - Robert Guiscard in- vades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges ...
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... Comnenian dynasty . Nicephorus John Comnenus , the brother of the emperor III . Bota- Isaac , survived in peace and dignity his generous A.D. 1708. refusal of the sceptre . By his wife Anne , a woman March 25. of masculine spirit and ...
... Comnenian dynasty . Nicephorus John Comnenus , the brother of the emperor III . Bota- Isaac , survived in peace and dignity his generous A.D. 1708. refusal of the sceptre . By his wife Anne , a woman March 25. of masculine spirit and ...
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Alexius Alp Arslan ambition Andronicus Anna Comnena Antioch Apulia arms army Asia Baldwin Barbarians battle Bohemond brother Bulgaria Byzantine Cæsar caliphs camp Cantacuzene capital captive CHAP Christians church command Comneni Comnenian conqueror conquest Constan Constantine Constantinople count count of Flanders crusade death defence deliverance Ducange duke emirs empire enemies Europe father fleet France French galleys Genoese Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon Greek emperor Greeks Guiscard Hellespont holy honour horse hundred Imperial Isaac Isaac Angelus Italy Jerusalem John king kingdom knights land Latins Manuel Michael Moguls monarchy nation Nice Nicephorus Nicephorus Gregoras Nicetas noble Norman numbers Ottoman palace Palæologus peace pilgrims pope prince Propontis provinces reign Roman royal Saladin Saracens Sicily siege soldiers soon sovereign spirit stantinople success successor sultan sword Syria Tancred thousand throne Timour tinople treaty troops Turkish Turks valour Venetians Venice victory William of Tyre XLII XLIII XLIV XLVI XLVII Zimisces