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... Asia Minor 1 Scylitzes , 809. For the chronology , see Cuper de Patriarchis Constan . , 126 , who justly retains that of Baronius in preference to Pagi . CH . 1. § 1 . BOOK III . across DEPOSITION OF MICHAEL KEROULARIOS . 13.
... Asia Minor 1 Scylitzes , 809. For the chronology , see Cuper de Patriarchis Constan . , 126 , who justly retains that of Baronius in preference to Pagi . CH . 1. § 1 . BOOK III . across DEPOSITION OF MICHAEL KEROULARIOS . 13.
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... Constan- tinople against his avarice and cowardice became so loud as to threaten a revolution , and the emperor felt the necessity of marching out of the capital as if he intended to put himself at the head of an army . After holding a ...
... Constan- tinople against his avarice and cowardice became so loud as to threaten a revolution , and the emperor felt the necessity of marching out of the capital as if he intended to put himself at the head of an army . After holding a ...
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... Constan- tine Bodinus was sent prisoner to Antioch after his capture , but contrived to escape and return to Servia with the assistance of some Venetian merchants . He became sovereign of Servia some time later . The chronology of these ...
... Constan- tine Bodinus was sent prisoner to Antioch after his capture , but contrived to escape and return to Servia with the assistance of some Venetian merchants . He became sovereign of Servia some time later . The chronology of these ...
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... Constan- tinople and the central provinces of Asia Minor.1 The desertion of his Frank mercenaries , and the disgraceful retreat of Nicephorus Botaneiates with the Asiatic re- serve , caused the complete defeat of the Cæsar's army . 1 ...
... Constan- tinople and the central provinces of Asia Minor.1 The desertion of his Frank mercenaries , and the disgraceful retreat of Nicephorus Botaneiates with the Asiatic re- serve , caused the complete defeat of the Cæsar's army . 1 ...
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... Constan- tine Diogenes had married Theodora , the sister of Isaac and the Emperor Alexius I. 2 That the Byzantine troops called Thracians were Bulgarians , and those called Macedonians , Sclavonians , admits of no doubt . Scylitzes ...
... Constan- tine Diogenes had married Theodora , the sister of Isaac and the Emperor Alexius I. 2 That the Byzantine troops called Thracians were Bulgarians , and those called Macedonians , Sclavonians , admits of no doubt . Scylitzes ...
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