The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11F. De Fau, 1906 - Byzantine Empire |
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... nations , the immediate or remote authors of the fall of the Roman empire ; nor can I refuse myself to those events which , from their uncommon magnitude , will interest a philosophic mind in the history of blood.1 From the spacious ...
... nations , the immediate or remote authors of the fall of the Roman empire ; nor can I refuse myself to those events which , from their uncommon magnitude , will interest a philosophic mind in the history of blood.1 From the spacious ...
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... nations of the Baltic and the ocean trembled at the approach of the Tartars , " whom their fear and igno- rance were inclined to separate from the human species . Since the invasion of the Arabs in the eighth century , Europe had never ...
... nations of the Baltic and the ocean trembled at the approach of the Tartars , " whom their fear and igno- rance were inclined to separate from the human species . Since the invasion of the Arabs in the eighth century , Europe had never ...
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... nations might appear equal to the contest , could they 18 In the year 1431 , Germany raised 40,000 horse , men at arms , against the Hussites of Bohemia ( Lenfant , Hist . du Concile de Basle , tom . i . p . 318 ) . At the siege of Nuys ...
... nations might appear equal to the contest , could they 18 In the year 1431 , Germany raised 40,000 horse , men at arms , against the Hussites of Bohemia ( Lenfant , Hist . du Concile de Basle , tom . i . p . 318 ) . At the siege of Nuys ...
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