The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... established in the country . The Sclavonian lands were the great slave marts of the age . Such was the internal state of pre- paration in Greece to encounter the enemy when the Sclavonians attacked the Byzantine empire as a warlike and ...
... established in the country . The Sclavonian lands were the great slave marts of the age . Such was the internal state of pre- paration in Greece to encounter the enemy when the Sclavonians attacked the Byzantine empire as a warlike and ...
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... established in Thrace and the neighbourhood of Thessa- lonica . 2 In order to understand correctly how far the diminution of the Greek and Roman races might proceed in the countries between the Adriatic and the Danube , while a numerous ...
... established in Thrace and the neighbourhood of Thessa- lonica . 2 In order to understand correctly how far the diminution of the Greek and Roman races might proceed in the countries between the Adriatic and the Danube , while a numerous ...
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... established numerous colonies of the Sclavonians who acknowledged the Byzantine sovereignty in the valley of Strymon , for the purpose of defending the possessions of the Greeks against the incursions of their independent countrymen on ...
... established numerous colonies of the Sclavonians who acknowledged the Byzantine sovereignty in the valley of Strymon , for the purpose of defending the possessions of the Greeks against the incursions of their independent countrymen on ...
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... established in Greece , found by this means an opportunity of extending their settlements . The fact seems to be so stated by the imperial writer , who declares that at this time " all the country became Sclavonian , and was occupied by ...
... established in Greece , found by this means an opportunity of extending their settlements . The fact seems to be so stated by the imperial writer , who declares that at this time " all the country became Sclavonian , and was occupied by ...
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... established on the banks of the Vardar ( Axios ) as early as the reign of Theophilus , ( A.D. 829-842 , ) and it long continued to flourish and supply recruits for a cohort of the imperial guard , which bore the name of the Vardariots.1 ...
... established on the banks of the Vardar ( Axios ) as early as the reign of Theophilus , ( A.D. 829-842 , ) and it long continued to flourish and supply recruits for a cohort of the imperial guard , which bore the name of the Vardariots.1 ...
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