The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 8John Murray, 1903 |
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... troops , who were armed with bows , scimitars , and iron maces , and divided by hundreds , thousands , and ten thousands , were the institutions of a veteran com- mander . Each officer and soldier was made responsible , under pain of ...
... troops , who were armed with bows , scimitars , and iron maces , and divided by hundreds , thousands , and ten thousands , were the institutions of a veteran com- mander . Each officer and soldier was made responsible , under pain of ...
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... troops in the frontier towns ; trusting that the barbarians , invincible in the field , would be repulsed by the length and difficulty of so many regular sieges . But the prudence of Zingis had formed a body of Chinese engineers ...
... troops in the frontier towns ; trusting that the barbarians , invincible in the field , would be repulsed by the length and difficulty of so many regular sieges . But the prudence of Zingis had formed a body of Chinese engineers ...
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... troops , who sighed for the enjoyment of their native land . Incum- bered with the spoils of Asia , he slowly measured back his footsteps , betrayed some pity for the misery of the vanquished , and declared his intention of rebuilding ...
... troops , who sighed for the enjoyment of their native land . Incum- bered with the spoils of Asia , he slowly measured back his footsteps , betrayed some pity for the misery of the vanquished , and declared his intention of rebuilding ...
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... troops and artillery were conveyed along a series of canals , till they invested the royal residence of Hamcheu , or Quinsay , in the country of silk , the most delicious climate of China . The emperor , a defenceless youth ...
... troops and artillery were conveyed along a series of canals , till they invested the royal residence of Hamcheu , or Quinsay , in the country of silk , the most delicious climate of China . The emperor , a defenceless youth ...
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... troops which he detached towards Mount Caucasus explored the most secret recesses of Georgia and Circassia . The civil discord of the great dukes , or princes , of Russia betrayed their country to the Tartars . They spread from Livonia ...
... troops which he detached towards Mount Caucasus explored the most secret recesses of Georgia and Circassia . The civil discord of the great dukes , or princes , of Russia betrayed their country to the Tartars . They spread from Livonia ...
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