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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... Isaac I. Comnenus 1059 Constantine XI . Ducas 1067 Eudocia 1067 Romanus III . Diogenes 1063--1072 . Reign of Alp Arslan 1065-1068 . Conquest of Armenia and Georgia 1068-1071 . The emperor Romanus Diogenes 1071 Defeat of the Romans ...
... Isaac I. Comnenus 1059 Constantine XI . Ducas 1067 Eudocia 1067 Romanus III . Diogenes 1063--1072 . Reign of Alp Arslan 1065-1068 . Conquest of Armenia and Georgia 1068-1071 . The emperor Romanus Diogenes 1071 Defeat of the Romans ...
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... Isaac II . Angelus 1171 Noureddin conquers Egypt 1187 Saladin takes Jerusalem 1187 Second crusade 1189 Third crusade Frederic Barbarossa Philip Augustus , Richard I. 1191 Acre taken 1192 Treaty between Richard and Saladin 1193 Death of ...
... Isaac II . Angelus 1171 Noureddin conquers Egypt 1187 Saladin takes Jerusalem 1187 Second crusade 1189 Third crusade Frederic Barbarossa Philip Augustus , Richard I. 1191 Acre taken 1192 Treaty between Richard and Saladin 1193 Death of ...
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... Isaac An- gelus dethroned by his Brother Alexius - Origin of the Fourth Crusade . - Alliance of the French and Venetians with the Son of Isaac . - Their naval Expedition to Constantinople . - The two Sieges and final Conquest of the ...
... Isaac An- gelus dethroned by his Brother Alexius - Origin of the Fourth Crusade . - Alliance of the French and Venetians with the Son of Isaac . - Their naval Expedition to Constantinople . - The two Sieges and final Conquest of the ...
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... Isaac I. least of spirit , begins to emerge : the Greeks either Commenus , preserved or revived the use of surnames , which per- petuate the fame of hereditary virtue ; and we now discern the rise , succession , and alliance of the last ...
... Isaac I. least of spirit , begins to emerge : the Greeks either Commenus , preserved or revived the use of surnames , which per- petuate the fame of hereditary virtue ; and we now discern the rise , succession , and alliance of the last ...
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... Isaac and John , whom , with the consciousness of desert , he bequeathed to the gra- titude and favour of his sovereign . The noble youths were carefully trained in the learning of the monas- tery , the arts of the palace , and the ...
... Isaac and John , whom , with the consciousness of desert , he bequeathed to the gra- titude and favour of his sovereign . The noble youths were carefully trained in the learning of the monas- tery , the arts of the palace , and the ...
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