Europe, 476-918Macmillan, 1893 - 532 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 44–ի 6-ից 10-ը:
Էջ 83
... marched under his banner to besiege Rome in the spring of 537 . The defence of Rome is the greatest of all the titles to glory that Belisarius won . The walls of Aurelian were strong , but there were only 5000 men to defend their vast ...
... marched under his banner to besiege Rome in the spring of 537 . The defence of Rome is the greatest of all the titles to glory that Belisarius won . The walls of Aurelian were strong , but there were only 5000 men to defend their vast ...
Էջ 92
... marched up the Persian war , Euphrates , leaving the frontier fortresses of Daras 540-545 . and Edessa on his flank , and launched a sudden attack on north Syria . He had been expected not there but in Mesopotamia , and all preparations ...
... marched up the Persian war , Euphrates , leaving the frontier fortresses of Daras 540-545 . and Edessa on his flank , and launched a sudden attack on north Syria . He had been expected not there but in Mesopotamia , and all preparations ...
Էջ 93
... marched north through the Median and Iberian mountains , crossed many obscure passes , and appeared on the Black Sea coast by the river Phasis . The Romans here held the shore by their great castle of Petra , while the Lazi , the tribes ...
... marched north through the Median and Iberian mountains , crossed many obscure passes , and appeared on the Black Sea coast by the river Phasis . The Romans here held the shore by their great castle of Petra , while the Lazi , the tribes ...
Էջ 101
... marched within the walls , hurriedly barricaded the breaches and the gateless portals , and prepared to hold Rome for a third siege . The Goths had been too slack in casting down the walls , and the hasty repairs of Belisarius made the ...
... marched within the walls , hurriedly barricaded the breaches and the gateless portals , and prepared to hold Rome for a third siege . The Goths had been too slack in casting down the walls , and the hasty repairs of Belisarius made the ...
Էջ 103
... marched straight on Rome : not by the Flaminian Way , the great road between north and south - for that was held by the Goths- but by following a minor pass up the valley of the river Sena . He had just crossed the Apennines when ...
... marched straight on Rome : not by the Flaminian Way , the great road between north and south - for that was held by the Goths- but by following a minor pass up the valley of the river Sena . He had just crossed the Apennines when ...
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