History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 6, Volum 6Simon and Schuster, 18. jan. 2013 - 374 sider Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries. |
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... capital of the sultan, who humbly sued for pardon and peace. The road was now open, and Frederic advanced in a career of triumph, till he was unfortunately drowned in a petty torrent of Cilicia. The remainder of his Germans was consumed ...
... capital of the sultan, who humbly sued for pardon and peace. The road was now open, and Frederic advanced in a career of triumph, till he was unfortunately drowned in a petty torrent of Cilicia. The remainder of his Germans was consumed ...
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... capital and country; and the weaker side implored the dangerous protection of the sultan of Damascus, or the king of Jerusalem, the perpetual enemies of the sect and monarchy of the Fatimites. By his arms and religion the Turk was most ...
... capital and country; and the weaker side implored the dangerous protection of the sultan of Damascus, or the king of Jerusalem, the perpetual enemies of the sect and monarchy of the Fatimites. By his arms and religion the Turk was most ...
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... causes, almost on the same ground, were productive of similar calamities. After a ruinous delay, which introduced into the camp the seeds of an epidemic disease, the Franks advanced from the seacoast towards the capital.
... causes, almost on the same ground, were productive of similar calamities. After a ruinous delay, which introduced into the camp the seeds of an epidemic disease, the Franks advanced from the seacoast towards the capital.
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Edward Gibbon. disease, the Franks advanced from the seacoast towards the capital of Egypt, and strove to surmount the unseasonable inundation of the Nile, which opposed their progress. Under the eye of their intrepid monarch, the barons ...
Edward Gibbon. disease, the Franks advanced from the seacoast towards the capital of Egypt, and strove to surmount the unseasonable inundation of the Nile, which opposed their progress. Under the eye of their intrepid monarch, the barons ...
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... capital, inferior to none, in the Christian world. About the middle of the ninth century, Photius, an ambitious layman, the captain of the guards and principal secretary, was promoted by merit and favor to the more desirable office of ...
... capital, inferior to none, in the Christian world. About the middle of the ninth century, Photius, an ambitious layman, the captain of the guards and principal secretary, was promoted by merit and favor to the more desirable office of ...
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Partition Of The Empire By The French And Venetians | |
Greek Emperors Of Nice And Constantinople | |
Civil Wars And The Ruin Of The Greek Empire | |
Moguls Ottoman Turks | |
Elevation Of Timour Or Tamerlane And His Death | |
Union Of The Greek And Latin Churches | |
Schism Of The Greeks And Latins | |
Reign Of Mahomet The Second Extinction Of Eastern Empire | |
State Of Rome From The Twelfth Century | |
Final Settlement Of The Ecclesiastical State | |
Prospect Of The Ruins Of Rome In The Fifteenth Century | |
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