The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Том 7John Murray, 1903 |
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... sword that he must ultimately depend to guard him against his foreign and domestic enemies . From force of the the age of Charlemagne to that of the Crusades the world Saracens , and ( for I overlook the remote monarchy of China ) was ...
... sword that he must ultimately depend to guard him against his foreign and domestic enemies . From force of the the age of Charlemagne to that of the Crusades the world Saracens , and ( for I overlook the remote monarchy of China ) was ...
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... swords , battle - axes , and spears ; but the Macedonian pike was shortened a fourth of its length , and reduced to the more convenient measure of twelve cubits or feet . The sharp- ness of the Scythian and Arabian arrows had been ...
... swords , battle - axes , and spears ; but the Macedonian pike was shortened a fourth of its length , and reduced to the more convenient measure of twelve cubits or feet . The sharp- ness of the Scythian and Arabian arrows had been ...
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... swords of the barbarians . The order of battle must have varied according to the ground , the object , and the adversary ; but their ordinary disposition , in two lines and a reserve , presented a succession of hopes and resources most ...
... swords of the barbarians . The order of battle must have varied according to the ground , the object , and the adversary ; but their ordinary disposition , in two lines and a reserve , presented a succession of hopes and resources most ...
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... swords displayed the magnificence of a prosperous nation ; and , except some black archers of the South , the Arabs disdained the naked bravery of their ancestors . Instead of waggons they were attended 63 Zonaras ( tom . ii . 1. xvi ...
... swords displayed the magnificence of a prosperous nation ; and , except some black archers of the South , the Arabs disdained the naked bravery of their ancestors . Instead of waggons they were attended 63 Zonaras ( tom . ii . 1. xvi ...
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... sword is possessed , at least in fact , by five or six mighty potentates ; their operations are conducted on a distant frontier by an order of men who devote their lives to the study and practice of the military art : the rest of the ...
... sword is possessed , at least in fact , by five or six mighty potentates ; their operations are conducted on a distant frontier by an order of men who devote their lives to the study and practice of the military art : the rest of the ...
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