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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... restored - a permanent and useful accession to the Roman empire * . Origin of the Russian monarchy . But the triumphs of Zimisces were not confined to the Eastern provinces . Constantinople , under the government of Nicephorus , was ...
... restored - a permanent and useful accession to the Roman empire * . Origin of the Russian monarchy . But the triumphs of Zimisces were not confined to the Eastern provinces . Constantinople , under the government of Nicephorus , was ...
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... restored , a measure of corn was distributed to each of his soldiers , and the allowance of 22,000 measures attests the loss and the remnant of the Bar- barians . After a painful voyage they again reached the mouth of the Borysthenes ...
... restored , a measure of corn was distributed to each of his soldiers , and the allowance of 22,000 measures attests the loss and the remnant of the Bar- barians . After a painful voyage they again reached the mouth of the Borysthenes ...
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... restored ? ) Michael sought every method of expiating his guilt . While he groaned and prayed in sackcloth and ashes , his bro- ther , the eunuch John , smiled at his remorse , and enjoyed the harvest of a crime , of which himself was ...
... restored ? ) Michael sought every method of expiating his guilt . While he groaned and prayed in sackcloth and ashes , his bro- ther , the eunuch John , smiled at his remorse , and enjoyed the harvest of a crime , of which himself was ...
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... restored the Imperial greatness of their house , which was enjoyed without toil or danger by the two younger brethren , Adrian and Nice- phorus . Alexius , the third and most illustrious of the brothers , was endowed by nature with the ...
... restored the Imperial greatness of their house , which was enjoyed without toil or danger by the two younger brethren , Adrian and Nice- phorus . Alexius , the third and most illustrious of the brothers , was endowed by nature with the ...
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... restored ; the arts of wealth and science were cultivated ; the limits of the empire were en- larged in Europe and Asia ; and the Comnenian sceptre was transmitted to his children of the third and fourth generation . Yet the ...
... restored ; the arts of wealth and science were cultivated ; the limits of the empire were en- larged in Europe and Asia ; and the Comnenian sceptre was transmitted to his children of the third and fourth generation . Yet the ...
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Alexius Alp Arslan ambition Andronicus Anna Comnena Antioch Apulia arms army Asia Baldwin Barbarians battle Bohemond brother Bulgaria Byzantine Cæsar caliphs camp Cantacuzene capital captive CHAP Christians church command Comneni Comnenian conqueror conquest Constan Constantine Constantinople count count of Flanders crusade death defence deliverance Ducange duke emirs empire enemies Europe father fleet France French galleys Genoese Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon Greek emperor Greeks Guiscard Hellespont holy honour horse hundred Imperial Isaac Isaac Angelus Italy Jerusalem John king kingdom knights land Latins Manuel Michael Moguls monarchy nation Nice Nicephorus Nicephorus Gregoras Nicetas noble Norman numbers Ottoman palace Palæologus peace pilgrims pope prince Propontis provinces reign Roman royal Saladin Saracens Sicily siege soldiers soon sovereign spirit stantinople success successor sultan sword Syria Tancred thousand throne Timour tinople treaty troops Turkish Turks valour Venetians Venice victory William of Tyre XLII XLIII XLIV XLVI XLVII Zimisces