The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11F. De Fau, 1906 - Byzantine Empire |
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... Epirus , Ætolia , and Thessaly , which have ever been peopled by a warlike race . The Greeks , who had offered their service to their new sovereigns , were ex- cluded by the haughty Latins 28 from all civil and military honours , as a ...
... Epirus , Ætolia , and Thessaly , which have ever been peopled by a warlike race . The Greeks , who had offered their service to their new sovereigns , were ex- cluded by the haughty Latins 28 from all civil and military honours , as a ...
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... Epirus , a Comnenian prince of the West , should presume to dispute or share the honours of the purple ; and the humble Demetrius changed the colour of his buskins , and accepted with gratitude the appellation of despot . His own ...
... Epirus , a Comnenian prince of the West , should presume to dispute or share the honours of the purple ; and the humble Demetrius changed the colour of his buskins , and accepted with gratitude the appellation of despot . His own ...
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... Epirus was the first prelude of his arms . If a victory was followed by a defeat ; if the race of the Comneni or Angeli survived in those mountains his efforts and his reign ; the captivity of Villehardouin , prince of Achaia , deprived ...
... Epirus was the first prelude of his arms . If a victory was followed by a defeat ; if the race of the Comneni or Angeli survived in those mountains his efforts and his reign ; the captivity of Villehardouin , prince of Achaia , deprived ...
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