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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... throne of Constantinople.2 The conviction that their affairs were beginning to decline induced the Sclavonians of the Peloponnesus to make a desperate effort to render themselves masters of the whole peninsula . In the year 807 , they ...
... throne of Constantinople.2 The conviction that their affairs were beginning to decline induced the Sclavonians of the Peloponnesus to make a desperate effort to render themselves masters of the whole peninsula . In the year 807 , they ...
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... throne made so frequent . Strictly speaking , it is true that the state consisted only of the imperial administration , of Εξεστι γὰρ τοῖς ἐκ Θεοῦ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῶν κοσμικῶν ἐγκεχειρισμένοις πραγμάτων , ὑπερτέρως ἢ κατὰ νόμους ...
... throne made so frequent . Strictly speaking , it is true that the state consisted only of the imperial administration , of Εξεστι γὰρ τοῖς ἐκ Θεοῦ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῶν κοσμικῶν ἐγκεχειρισμένοις πραγμάτων , ὑπερτέρως ἢ κατὰ νόμους ...
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... throne , as well as to make it efficient in defending the empire . The troops raised from the native provinces were formed into themes , or legions , of a thousand men . These themes were placed in per- manent garrisons throughout the ...
... throne , as well as to make it efficient in defending the empire . The troops raised from the native provinces were formed into themes , or legions , of a thousand men . These themes were placed in per- manent garrisons throughout the ...
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... throne of Norway . These traditions , con- stantly revived by the sight of the gold byzants which then formed the common circulation of Europe , nourished a longing to reach the Byzantine empire in the breast of every Norman . The wish ...
... throne of Norway . These traditions , con- stantly revived by the sight of the gold byzants which then formed the common circulation of Europe , nourished a longing to reach the Byzantine empire in the breast of every Norman . The wish ...
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... throne of the Byzantine empire as Basil I .; but Christian charity never again took up her abode with the heads either of the Papal or the Greek church . The arrogance of the Patriarch , Michael Keroularios , induced him to revive the ...
... throne of the Byzantine empire as Basil I .; but Christian charity never again took up her abode with the heads either of the Papal or the Greek church . The arrogance of the Patriarch , Michael Keroularios , induced him to revive the ...
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