The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 8John Murray, 1903 |
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... captive parents ; an un- worthy , and by degrees a fruitless , abuse of the virtue of his enemies . His invasion was supported by the revolt of an hundred thousand Khitans , who guarded the frontier : yet he listened to a treaty ; and a ...
... captive parents ; an un- worthy , and by degrees a fruitless , abuse of the virtue of his enemies . His invasion was supported by the revolt of an hundred thousand Khitans , who guarded the frontier : yet he listened to a treaty ; and a ...
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... captives and volunteers . Instead of retreating to the hills , he main- tained the most useful and defensible posts , fortified the towns and castles which he had first pillaged , and renounced the pastoral life for the baths and ...
... captives and volunteers . Instead of retreating to the hills , he main- tained the most useful and defensible posts , fortified the towns and castles which he had first pillaged , and renounced the pastoral life for the baths and ...
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... captives as his soldiers and those of the prophet ; but the Turkish peasants were still allowed to mount on horseback and follow his standard , with the appellation and the hopes of freebooters . By these arts he formed an army of ...
... captives as his soldiers and those of the prophet ; but the Turkish peasants were still allowed to mount on horseback and follow his standard , with the appellation and the hopes of freebooters . By these arts he formed an army of ...
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... captives . In the prosecution of the civil war , the prince of Ionia twice returned to Europe , joined his arms with those of the emperor , besieged Thessalonica , and threatened Constantinople . Calumny might affix some reproach on his ...
... captives . In the prosecution of the civil war , the prince of Ionia twice returned to Europe , joined his arms with those of the emperor , besieged Thessalonica , and threatened Constantinople . Calumny might affix some reproach on his ...
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... captives ; and that the duty might easily be levied , if vigilant officers were stationed at Gallipoli , to watch the passage , and to select for his use the stoutest and most beautiful of the Christian youth . The advice was followed ...
... captives ; and that the duty might easily be levied , if vigilant officers were stationed at Gallipoli , to watch the passage , and to select for his use the stoutest and most beautiful of the Christian youth . The advice was followed ...
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