The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJones, 1826 |
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Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... peace and war , both at home and abroad . In the first of these works he minutely describes the pompous ceremo- nies of the church and palace of Constantinople , according to his own practice and that of his predecessors . ( 2 ) In the ...
... peace and war , both at home and abroad . In the first of these works he minutely describes the pompous ceremo- nies of the church and palace of Constantinople , according to his own practice and that of his predecessors . ( 2 ) In the ...
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... peace of the Peninsula was often disturbed . They sometimes insulted the weakness , and sometimes resisted the op- pression , of the Byzantine government , till at length the approach of their hostile brethren extorted a golden bull to ...
... peace of the Peninsula was often disturbed . They sometimes insulted the weakness , and sometimes resisted the op- pression , of the Byzantine government , till at length the approach of their hostile brethren extorted a golden bull to ...
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... peace , and is only made sensible of the change by the aggrava- tion or decrease of the public taxes . In the ... peaceful occupa- tions of civil and ecclesiastical society were abolished or corrupted ; and the bishop who exchanged his ...
... peace , and is only made sensible of the change by the aggrava- tion or decrease of the public taxes . In the ... peaceful occupa- tions of civil and ecclesiastical society were abolished or corrupted ; and the bishop who exchanged his ...
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... peace or war , with the successors of Heraclius . Alone in the universe , the self - satisfied pride of the Greeks was not disturbed by the comparison of foreign merit ; and it is no wonder if they fainted in the race , since they had ...
... peace or war , with the successors of Heraclius . Alone in the universe , the self - satisfied pride of the Greeks was not disturbed by the comparison of foreign merit ; and it is no wonder if they fainted in the race , since they had ...
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... peace , to offer a ransom for the captives , and to request , in the lan- guage of moderation and charity , that Chrysocheir would spare his fellow- Christians , and content himself with a royal donative of gold and silver and silk ...
... peace , to offer a ransom for the captives , and to request , in the lan- guage of moderation and charity , that Chrysocheir would spare his fellow- Christians , and content himself with a royal donative of gold and silver and silk ...
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