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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... throne 1260 Michael Palæologus emperor 1261 Recovery of Constantinople Return of the Greek emperor Palæologus blinds and banishes the young emperor 1262-1268 . Is excommunicated by the patriarch Arsenius 1259-1282 . Reign of Michael ...
... throne 1260 Michael Palæologus emperor 1261 Recovery of Constantinople Return of the Greek emperor Palæologus blinds and banishes the young emperor 1262-1268 . Is excommunicated by the patriarch Arsenius 1259-1282 . Reign of Michael ...
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... Throne of Samarcand . - His exten- sive Conquests .-— His Turkish War . - Defeat and Captivity of Bajazet . The Iron Cage . - Death of Timour . - Civil War of the Sons of Bajazet . - Restoration of the Turkish Monarchy by Mahomet the ...
... Throne of Samarcand . - His exten- sive Conquests .-— His Turkish War . - Defeat and Captivity of Bajazet . The Iron Cage . - Death of Timour . - Civil War of the Sons of Bajazet . - Restoration of the Turkish Monarchy by Mahomet the ...
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... throne of Zagatai 1370-1400 . His conquests 1400 His war against sultan Bajazet Timour invades Syria 1400-1401 . Sacks Aleppo , Damascus , and Bagdad 308 309 310 311 314 ib . 315 316 317 319 321 ib . • 324 325 326 1402 Invades Anatolia ...
... throne of Zagatai 1370-1400 . His conquests 1400 His war against sultan Bajazet Timour invades Syria 1400-1401 . Sacks Aleppo , Damascus , and Bagdad 308 309 310 311 314 ib . 315 316 317 319 321 ib . • 324 325 326 1402 Invades Anatolia ...
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... throne , and in his licentious pleasures he forgot the safety both of the republic and of his family . Of a mild and religious character , he respected the sanctity of oaths , the innocence of the youth , the memory of his parents , and ...
... throne , and in his licentious pleasures he forgot the safety both of the republic and of his family . Of a mild and religious character , he respected the sanctity of oaths , the innocence of the youth , the memory of his parents , and ...
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... throne of Nov. 15 . Constantinople . A prince who , at the age of twenty , could be suspected of anticipating his inheritance , must have been already lost in the public esteem ; yet Romanus was rather weak than wicked , and the largest ...
... throne of Nov. 15 . Constantinople . A prince who , at the age of twenty , could be suspected of anticipating his inheritance , must have been already lost in the public esteem ; yet Romanus was rather weak than wicked , and the largest ...
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