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... received the news that a German tribe on the Ems had re- volted , and massacred all the Romans who were in their country . So it had been concerted by the confederates . For Hermann , the soul of the league , had foreseen that in such ...
... received the news that a German tribe on the Ems had re- volted , and massacred all the Romans who were in their country . So it had been concerted by the confederates . For Hermann , the soul of the league , had foreseen that in such ...
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... received the news that Galba had joined the insurrection he was so terrified that he upset the table , rent his clothes , struck his forehead , and repeated incessantly , " I am lost ! " Frightful thoughts and resolutions took ...
... received the news that Galba had joined the insurrection he was so terrified that he upset the table , rent his clothes , struck his forehead , and repeated incessantly , " I am lost ! " Frightful thoughts and resolutions took ...
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... received their discharge . Thus Pachomius was set at liberty . He went at once to a church in Upper Egypt , where he was instructed in Christianity , baptized , and received into the bosom of the Catholic Church . But he had not yet ...
... received their discharge . Thus Pachomius was set at liberty . He went at once to a church in Upper Egypt , where he was instructed in Christianity , baptized , and received into the bosom of the Catholic Church . But he had not yet ...
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... received all surplus produce , sold it , and , with the proceeds , provided for the expenses of the monasteries . Pachomius's fame reached the ears of his sister , who came to Tabenna to see him . But Pachomius , who held it a religious ...
... received all surplus produce , sold it , and , with the proceeds , provided for the expenses of the monasteries . Pachomius's fame reached the ears of his sister , who came to Tabenna to see him . But Pachomius , who held it a religious ...
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... received the title of Cæsar . Diocletian chose Galerius , who ruled Greece , Thrace , and Istria ; while Maximian chose Constantius Chlorus , the father of Constantine . Constantius Chlorus governed Gaul and Spain with humanity and pru ...
... received the title of Cæsar . Diocletian chose Galerius , who ruled Greece , Thrace , and Istria ; while Maximian chose Constantius Chlorus , the father of Constantine . Constantius Chlorus governed Gaul and Spain with humanity and pru ...
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