 Shahrbarz forced his way across the sands of the isthmus of Suez, and attacked Egypt, the one Roman province which had not seen the horrors of war for three centuries. The unwarlike Egyptians submitted with hardly a blow ; many of the heretical sects...  Europe, 476-918: Period I - Էջ 206Charles Oman - 1894 - 532 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Charles Oman - 1892 - 406 էջ
...seem like an echo of the letter of Sennacherib in the Second Book of Kings. The epistle ran : — " Chosroes, greatest of gods, and master of the whole...earth, to Heraclius, his vile and insensate slave. Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say you trust in your God : why, then, has he not delivered out... | |
 | Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman - 1892 - 392 էջ
...seem like an echo of the letter of Sennacherib in the Second Book of Kings. The epistle ran : — " Chosroes, greatest of gods, and master of the whole...earth, to Heraclius, his vile and insensate slave. Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say you trust in your God : why, then, has he not delivered out... | |
 | Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman - 1892 - 404 էջ
...vile and insensate slave. Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say you trust in your God : why, then, has he not delivered out of my hand Caesarea, Jerusalem, and Alexandria ? Shall I not also destroy Constantinople ? But I will pardon all your sins if you will come to me... | |
 | Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman - 1895 - 548 էջ
...mocked by the blasphemous king Chosroes. This was not the end of the disasters of the empire. In 6 1 6 Shahrbarz forced his way across the sands of the isthmus...insensate slave. Why do you still refuse to submit to our rute, and call yourself a king ? Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say that you trust in your God.... | |
 | Charles Oman - 1895 - 542 էջ
...mocked by the blasphemous king Chosroes. This was not the end of the disasters of the empire. In 6 1 6 Shahrbarz forced his way across the sands of the isthmus...insensate slave. Why do you still refuse to submit to our rute, and call yourself a king ? Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say that you trust in your God... | |
 | Charles Oman - 1903 - 564 էջ
...mocked by the blasphemous king Chosroes. This was not the end of the disasters of the empire. In 6 16 Shahrbarz forced his way across the sands of the isthmus...insensate slave. Why do you still refuse to submit to our ruk, and call yourself a king ? Have I not destroyed the Greeks ? You say that you trust in your God... | |
 | William Stearns Davis - 1922 - 440 էջ
...Ahura-Mazda, Chosroes to Heraclius, his vile and insensate slave." "You say that you trust in God, why then has he not delivered out of my hand Caesarea, Jerusalem, and Alexandria? Could I not also destroy Constantinople? But submit yourself and I will spare you and your family.... | |
 | Ierne Lifford Plunket - 1926 - 460 էջ
...fallen in the public regard : 'Chosroes, Greatest of Gods, and Master of the whole earth, to Hera<jlius, his vile and insensate slave. Why do you still refuse...not delivered out of my hand Caesarea, Jerusalem, Alexandria ? and shall I not also destroy Constantinople ? But I will pardon your faults if you will... | |
 | Norman Davies - 1996 - 1428 էջ
...confrontation between Europe and Asia worthy of Herodotus: Chosroes, greatest of Gods, and master of the earth, to Heraclius, his vile and insensate slave. Why do you still . . . call yourself a king? But I will pardon your faults if you submit ... Do not deceive yourself... | |
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