A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes |
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... defeating , Peter , sur- named the German . He involved his coun- try in perpetual wars , and cruelly oppress ed his ... defeated the king of Bokharia and the Egyptians , who had invaded his dominions . He died in 1282 D'Herbelot . ABANO ...
... defeating , Peter , sur- named the German . He involved his coun- try in perpetual wars , and cruelly oppress ed his ... defeated the king of Bokharia and the Egyptians , who had invaded his dominions . He died in 1282 D'Herbelot . ABANO ...
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... defeated the Carthagini- ans , he proclaimed himself king of Syra- cuse , and at length of all Sicily . His sol- diers , on account of arrears , obliged him to y from his camp , and murdered his chil- dren , whom he had le behind ...
... defeated the Carthagini- ans , he proclaimed himself king of Syra- cuse , and at length of all Sicily . His sol- diers , on account of arrears , obliged him to y from his camp , and murdered his chil- dren , whom he had le behind ...
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... defeated and taken prisoner by Albert , who afterwards fell into the same errors as his predecessor . The exasperated nobles applied to Margaret , queen of Denmark and Norway , who marched into the coun- try , and took Albert and his ...
... defeated and taken prisoner by Albert , who afterwards fell into the same errors as his predecessor . The exasperated nobles applied to Margaret , queen of Denmark and Norway , who marched into the coun- try , and took Albert and his ...
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... defeated the Persians at the Granicus , with a prodigious slaughter , after which he made himself master of numerous places . At Gordium , where he assembled his army , he is said to have cut the famous knot on which the fate of Asia ...
... defeated the Persians at the Granicus , with a prodigious slaughter , after which he made himself master of numerous places . At Gordium , where he assembled his army , he is said to have cut the famous knot on which the fate of Asia ...
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... defeated at Arbela , and the fate of Asia was decided . This battle was followed by the taking of Susa and Persepolis . The last city Alexander caused to be burnt , at the instigation of the harlot Thais . While pursuing Darius he ...
... defeated at Arbela , and the fate of Asia was decided . This battle was followed by the taking of Susa and Persepolis . The last city Alexander caused to be burnt , at the instigation of the harlot Thais . While pursuing Darius he ...
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