The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1AMS Press, 1974 - 541 sider |
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... king of Armenia ; but this little army of deserters was in- tercepted and cut off by the vigilance of the conqueror , who boldly assumed the double diadem , and the title of King of Kings , which had been enjoyed by his predecessor ...
... king of Armenia ; but this little army of deserters was in- tercepted and cut off by the vigilance of the conqueror , who boldly assumed the double diadem , and the title of King of Kings , which had been enjoyed by his predecessor ...
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... king of Armenia , 6 and the long tract of mountainous country , in which the Persian cavalry was of little service , opened a secure entrance into the heart of Media to the second of the Roman armies . These brave troops laid waste the ...
... king of Armenia , 6 and the long tract of mountainous country , in which the Persian cavalry was of little service , opened a secure entrance into the heart of Media to the second of the Roman armies . These brave troops laid waste the ...
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... king those honours and rewards from which they had been excluded with disdain under the foreign government . The com- mand of the army was bestowed on Artavasdes , whose father had saved the infancy of Tiridates , and whose family had ...
... king those honours and rewards from which they had been excluded with disdain under the foreign government . The com- mand of the army was bestowed on Artavasdes , whose father had saved the infancy of Tiridates , and whose family had ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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