The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... palace to ra- tify or attest the association of Heracleonas , the son of Martina : the imposition of the diadem was consecrated by the prayer and blessing of the pa- triarch ; the senators and patricians adored the majesty of the great ...
... palace to ra- tify or attest the association of Heracleonas , the son of Martina : the imposition of the diadem was consecrated by the prayer and blessing of the pa- triarch ; the senators and patricians adored the majesty of the great ...
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... palace . The reign of Constantine III . lasted only one hundred and three days : he expired in the thirtieth year of his age , and although his life had been a long malady , a belief was enter- tained that poison had been the means ...
... palace . The reign of Constantine III . lasted only one hundred and three days : he expired in the thirtieth year of his age , and although his life had been a long malady , a belief was enter- tained that poison had been the means ...
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... palace Constan three sons , the eldest of whom had been clothed time IV , Pogona- in his infancy with the purple . When the fa- tus , ther summoned them to attend his person in September Sicily , these precious hostages were detained by ...
... palace Constan three sons , the eldest of whom had been clothed time IV , Pogona- in his infancy with the purple . When the fa- tus , ther summoned them to attend his person in September Sicily , these precious hostages were detained by ...
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... palace . At their secret instigation , the troops of the Anatolian theme or province approached the city on the Asiatic side , demanded for the royal brothers , the partition or exercise of sovereignty , and supported their seditious ...
... palace . At their secret instigation , the troops of the Anatolian theme or province approached the city on the Asiatic side , demanded for the royal brothers , the partition or exercise of sovereignty , and supported their seditious ...
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... palace , to the other the finances ; the former corrected the emperor's mother with a scourge , the latter suspended the insolent tributaries , with their heads downwards , over a slow and smoaky fire . Since the days of Commodus and Ca ...
... palace , to the other the finances ; the former corrected the emperor's mother with a scourge , the latter suspended the insolent tributaries , with their heads downwards , over a slow and smoaky fire . Since the days of Commodus and Ca ...
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