The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 9W. Hallhead, 1888 |
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... Nicephorus , the eldest and most guilty , was deprived of his eyes , and his four brothers , Chriftopher , Nicetas , Anthe- meus , and Eudoxas , were punished , as a milder fentence , by the amputation of their tongues . After five ...
... Nicephorus , the eldest and most guilty , was deprived of his eyes , and his four brothers , Chriftopher , Nicetas , Anthe- meus , and Eudoxas , were punished , as a milder fentence , by the amputation of their tongues . After five ...
Side 27
... Nicephorus and his brothers were tormented by the thirst of power , and tempted by a Sclavonian chief , who offered to break their prifon , and to lead them in arms , and in the purple , to the gates of Conftantinople . But the Athenian ...
... Nicephorus and his brothers were tormented by the thirst of power , and tempted by a Sclavonian chief , who offered to break their prifon , and to lead them in arms , and in the purple , to the gates of Conftantinople . But the Athenian ...
Side 30
... Nicephorus was fecretly in- vefted with the purple ; her fucceffor was intro- duced into the palace , and crowned at St. So- phia by the venal patriarch . In their first inter- view , the recapitulated with dignity the revolu tions of ...
... Nicephorus was fecretly in- vefted with the purple ; her fucceffor was intro- duced into the palace , and crowned at St. So- phia by the venal patriarch . In their first inter- view , the recapitulated with dignity the revolu tions of ...
Side 31
... Nicephorus was vanquished by the Saracens , and flain by the Bulgarians ; and the advantage of his death over balanced , in the public opinion , the de- struction of a Roman army . His fon and heir Stauracius , Stauracius efcaped from ...
... Nicephorus was vanquished by the Saracens , and flain by the Bulgarians ; and the advantage of his death over balanced , in the public opinion , the de- struction of a Roman army . His fon and heir Stauracius , Stauracius efcaped from ...
Side 32
... Nicephorus , the fa Armenian , mous and unfortunate Bardanes , had once the curiofity to confult an Afiatic prophet , who , after prognosticating his fall , announced the for- tunes of his three principal officers , Leo the Armenian ...
... Nicephorus , the fa Armenian , mous and unfortunate Bardanes , had once the curiofity to confult an Afiatic prophet , who , after prognosticating his fall , announced the for- tunes of his three principal officers , Leo the Armenian ...
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