Europe, 476-918: Period IMacmillan, 1894 - 532 էջ |
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... land and an army , but not of a nation , may have been somewhat at a loss how to set forth his royal appellation . He would not have deigned to call himself ' king of the Italians ; ' to call himself king of the Scyrri or Turcilingi ...
... land and an army , but not of a nation , may have been somewhat at a loss how to set forth his royal appellation . He would not have deigned to call himself ' king of the Italians ; ' to call himself king of the Scyrri or Turcilingi ...
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... land , which had once formed the Western Empire , were lying a ring of German tribes , who had worked forward from the North and East into the deserted dwellings of the races who had already passed on within the Roman border . The ...
... land , which had once formed the Western Empire , were lying a ring of German tribes , who had worked forward from the North and East into the deserted dwellings of the races who had already passed on within the Roman border . The ...
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... land they had conquered , even when Gaiseric had attracted adventurers of all sorts to his banner , and had even enlisted the savage Moors of Atlas to serve on his fleet . The fanatical Africans , the race who had produced the turbulent ...
... land they had conquered , even when Gaiseric had attracted adventurers of all sorts to his banner , and had even enlisted the savage Moors of Atlas to serve on his fleet . The fanatical Africans , the race who had produced the turbulent ...
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... land , gave up his not inconsiderable conquests in Sicily in return for an annual payment from the newly - enthroned king of Italy . Gaiseric died in 477 , and with him the greatness of the Vandals , though their kingdom was to endure ...
... land , gave up his not inconsiderable conquests in Sicily in return for an annual payment from the newly - enthroned king of Italy . Gaiseric died in 477 , and with him the greatness of the Vandals , though their kingdom was to endure ...
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... land of each of the richer proprietors of Italy was confiscated for the benefit of his mercenary troops , must have ... lands and of simony . Odoacer's foreign policy seems to have been limited in its scope to the design of keeping ...
... land of each of the richer proprietors of Italy was confiscated for the benefit of his mercenary troops , must have ... lands and of simony . Odoacer's foreign policy seems to have been limited in its scope to the design of keeping ...
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