The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 3Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1994 - 1352 Seiten A history of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, covering a period of thirteen centuries from the age of the Antonines to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks. -- Dust jacket. |
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... less deformed in their persons , less brutish in their manners , than the Huns ; but they did not yield to those formidable barbarians in their martial and independent spirit ; in the love of freedom , which reject- ed even the use of ...
... less deformed in their persons , less brutish in their manners , than the Huns ; but they did not yield to those formidable barbarians in their martial and independent spirit ; in the love of freedom , which reject- ed even the use of ...
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... less corrupt than the Italians , less cruel than the Spaniards ; and the rustic or even savage aspect of those Tramontane warriors often disguised a simple and merciful disposition . But they had imbibed , in the first fervor of the ...
... less corrupt than the Italians , less cruel than the Spaniards ; and the rustic or even savage aspect of those Tramontane warriors often disguised a simple and merciful disposition . But they had imbibed , in the first fervor of the ...
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... less rigid monasteries of Europe , a singular distinction was introduced ; as if birds , whether wild or domestic , had been less profane than the grosser animals of the field . Water was the pure and innocent beverage of the primitive ...
... less rigid monasteries of Europe , a singular distinction was introduced ; as if birds , whether wild or domestic , had been less profane than the grosser animals of the field . Water was the pure and innocent beverage of the primitive ...
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