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Instead of a rigorous exaction of his debt , he accepted a sum of thirty thousand
byzants for the ransom of seven thousand poor ; two or three thousand more
were dismissed by his gratuitous clemency ; and the number of slaves was
reduced ...
Instead of a rigorous exaction of his debt , he accepted a sum of thirty thousand
byzants for the ransom of seven thousand poor ; two or three thousand more
were dismissed by his gratuitous clemency ; and the number of slaves was
reduced ...
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His pastures were stocked with two thousand five hundred brood mares , two
hundred camels , three hundred mules , five hundred asses , five thousand
horned cattle , fifty thousand hogs , and seventy thousand sheep . “ A precious
record of ...
His pastures were stocked with two thousand five hundred brood mares , two
hundred camels , three hundred mules , five hundred asses , five thousand
horned cattle , fifty thousand hogs , and seventy thousand sheep . “ A precious
record of ...
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and Bagdad , A.D. 1401 , turn to the Euphrates he delivered Aleppo to the flames
, and justified his pious motive by the pardon and reward of two thousand
sectaries of Ali , who were desirous to visit the toinb of his son . I have expatiated
on ...
and Bagdad , A.D. 1401 , turn to the Euphrates he delivered Aleppo to the flames
, and justified his pious motive by the pardon and reward of two thousand
sectaries of Ali , who were desirous to visit the toinb of his son . I have expatiated
on ...
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CHAPTER LVIII | 13 |
Raymond of Toulouse 38 | 77 |
CHAPTER LIX | 88 |
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| Titel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 6 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon |
| Autor/in | Edward Gibbon |
| Verlag | Nottingham Society, 1845 |
| Original von | Ohio State University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Sept. 2013 |
| ISBN | 0713991240, 9780713991246 |
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