The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... throne , in the camp , in the schools , we search , perhaps with fruitless diligence , the names and characters that may deserve to be rescued from oblivion . Nor are the defects of the subject compensated by the skill and variety of ...
... throne , in the camp , in the schools , we search , perhaps with fruitless diligence , the names and characters that may deserve to be rescued from oblivion . Nor are the defects of the subject compensated by the skill and variety of ...
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... throne , the succession of families , the personal characters of the Greek princes , the mode of their life and death , the maxims and influence of their domestic government , and the tendency of their reign to accelerate or suspend the ...
... throne , the succession of families , the personal characters of the Greek princes , the mode of their life and death , the maxims and influence of their domestic government , and the tendency of their reign to accelerate or suspend the ...
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... throne , and prepared the restoration of the Roman empire in the West . II . The ARABS or SARACENS . Three ample chapters will be devoted to this curious and interesting object . In the first , after a picture of the country and its ...
... throne , and prepared the restoration of the Roman empire in the West . II . The ARABS or SARACENS . Three ample chapters will be devoted to this curious and interesting object . In the first , after a picture of the country and its ...
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... throne of Constantine . VIII . The GREEKS themselves , during this period of captivity and exile , must be considered as a fo- reign nation ; the enemies , and again the sove- reigns , of Constantinople . Misfortune had re- kindled a ...
... throne of Constantine . VIII . The GREEKS themselves , during this period of captivity and exile , must be considered as a fo- reign nation ; the enemies , and again the sove- reigns , of Constantinople . Misfortune had re- kindled a ...
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... throne ; and the memory and death of his reign is perpetuated by the transient clius . conquest , and irreparable loss , of the eastern provinces . After the death of Eudocia , his first wife , he disobeyed the patriarch , and vio ...
... throne ; and the memory and death of his reign is perpetuated by the transient clius . conquest , and irreparable loss , of the eastern provinces . After the death of Eudocia , his first wife , he disobeyed the patriarch , and vio ...
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