The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... Civil wars and private revenge 237 Annual truce 239 Their social qualifications and virtues 240 Love of poetry 241 Examples of generosity 242 Ancient idolatry 244 The Caaba , or temple of Mecca 245 Sacrifices and rites 248 Introduction ...
... Civil wars and private revenge 237 Annual truce 239 Their social qualifications and virtues 240 Love of poetry 241 Examples of generosity 242 Ancient idolatry 244 The Caaba , or temple of Mecca 245 Sacrifices and rites 248 Introduction ...
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... first day of his " servitude , the captive is deprived of one half " of his manly virtue . " But the poet had only seen the effects of civil or domestic slavery , , CHAP . nor could he foretell that the second moiety OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... first day of his " servitude , the captive is deprived of one half " of his manly virtue . " But the poet had only seen the effects of civil or domestic slavery , , CHAP . nor could he foretell that the second moiety OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
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... civil and barbarian war . Hereti- cal praise must be cast into the scale , to coun- terbalance the weight of orthodox invective . The Iconoclasts revered the virtues of the prince : forty years after his death they still prayed before ...
... civil and barbarian war . Hereti- cal praise must be cast into the scale , to coun- terbalance the weight of orthodox invective . The Iconoclasts revered the virtues of the prince : forty years after his death they still prayed before ...
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... civil war . But his humanity ( by the ambitious , it will be termed his weakness ) protested , that not a drop of Christian blood should be shed in his quarrel , and his messengers presented the conquerors with the keys of the city and ...
... civil war . But his humanity ( by the ambitious , it will be termed his weakness ) protested , that not a drop of Christian blood should be shed in his quarrel , and his messengers presented the conquerors with the keys of the city and ...
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... civil govern- ment the rigour and even cruelty of military dis- cipline ; but if his severity was sometimes dan- gerous to the innocent , it was always formidable to the guilty . His religious inconstancy was taxed by the epithet of ...
... civil govern- ment the rigour and even cruelty of military dis- cipline ; but if his severity was sometimes dan- gerous to the innocent , it was always formidable to the guilty . His religious inconstancy was taxed by the epithet of ...
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Abubeker Abulfeda Alexius apostle Arabian Arabs arms army barbarians Bibliot bishops Byzantine Caaba Cęsars Caled caliph camels captive Carlovingian century CHAP character Charlemagne Christ Christians church conqueror conquest Constan Constantine Constantinople crown d'Herbelot Damascus death desert Eginhard Egypt emperor empire enemies exarchate exile faith father favour Gagnier Greeks Gregory Heraclius Hist holy homet honour horse hundred image of Edessa images Italy Jews king kingdom Koran Koreish Latin laws Liber Pontificalis Liutprand Lombards Mahomet Mahometans Manuel Maracci Marozia Mecca Medina merit monarchy monks Moslems Muratori Mussulmans nation noble numbers Ockley Omar Orient Otho Pagi palace patrician Persian person pious Pocock popes prayer prince prophet province Ravenna reign Reland religion revenge Roman Rome royal Sabians Saracens siege soldier Specimen spirit successor superstition sword Syria thousand throne tion tribe tyrant valour victory Vie de Mahomet virtues worship XLIX XLVIII zeal