The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: In Eight Volumes, Volum 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... brother Soli- man , whose ambition appears to have been quickened by a more active and martial spirit . In the revolutions of the Greek empire , after the tyrant Justinian had been punished and avenged , an humble secretary , Anastasius ...
... brother Soli- man , whose ambition appears to have been quickened by a more active and martial spirit . In the revolutions of the Greek empire , after the tyrant Justinian had been punished and avenged , an humble secretary , Anastasius ...
Side 6
... brother of the caliph , was advancing at the head of one hundred and twenty thousand Arabs and Persians , the greater part mounted on horses or camels ; and the successful sieges of Tyana , Amorium , and Pergamus , were of sufficient ...
... brother of the caliph , was advancing at the head of one hundred and twenty thousand Arabs and Persians , the greater part mounted on horses or camels ; and the successful sieges of Tyana , Amorium , and Pergamus , were of sufficient ...
Side 7
... brother of Moslemah was succeeded by a kinsman and an enemy ; and the throne of an active and able prince was degraded by the useless and pernicious virtues of a bigot . † While he started and satisfied the scruples of a blind ...
... brother of Moslemah was succeeded by a kinsman and an enemy ; and the throne of an active and able prince was degraded by the useless and pernicious virtues of a bigot . † While he started and satisfied the scruples of a blind ...
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... brothers , Saffah and Almansor , eluded the search of the tyrant , and lay concealed at Cufa , till the zeal of the people and the approach of his Eastern friends allowed them to expose their persons to the impa- tient public . On ...
... brothers , Saffah and Almansor , eluded the search of the tyrant , and lay concealed at Cufa , till the zeal of the people and the approach of his Eastern friends allowed them to expose their persons to the impa- tient public . On ...
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... brother and successor of Saffah , laid the foundations of Bagdad ( 41 ) , the Imperial seat of his posterity during a reign of five hundred years ( 42 ) . The chosen spot is on the eastern bank of ( 39 ) For the revolution of Spain ...
... brother and successor of Saffah , laid the foundations of Bagdad ( 41 ) , the Imperial seat of his posterity during a reign of five hundred years ( 42 ) . The chosen spot is on the eastern bank of ( 39 ) For the revolution of Spain ...
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