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... empire . At the distance of thirty miles from the city , the magistrates and nobles came forth to meet him , bearing the sacred banner of the patricians of Rome , a title and office conferred upon the grandfather of Charlemagne and his ...
... empire . At the distance of thirty miles from the city , the magistrates and nobles came forth to meet him , bearing the sacred banner of the patricians of Rome , a title and office conferred upon the grandfather of Charlemagne and his ...
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... Empire . Approaching him as he knelt at the altar of St. Peter's on Christmas day , he put a crown upon his head , doing homage to him as his sovereign , while the building resounded with the acclamations of the people , " Long live ...
... Empire . Approaching him as he knelt at the altar of St. Peter's on Christmas day , he put a crown upon his head , doing homage to him as his sovereign , while the building resounded with the acclamations of the people , " Long live ...
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... empire of the Franks , and happily governed it forty - seven years . He died January 28th , A.D. 814. " Of him it has been said , that " no man was ever more trustea and loved by his people , more respected and feared by other kings ...
... empire of the Franks , and happily governed it forty - seven years . He died January 28th , A.D. 814. " Of him it has been said , that " no man was ever more trustea and loved by his people , more respected and feared by other kings ...
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... empire is now of comparatively little importance . The Turks early embraced the religion of Mahomet , an Arabian , who , in the sixth century , having received some instruction from Christians , conceived the design of establishing a ...
... empire is now of comparatively little importance . The Turks early embraced the religion of Mahomet , an Arabian , who , in the sixth century , having received some instruction from Christians , conceived the design of establishing a ...
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... Empire ( as the empire of the East was then called ) , at that time beneath the sceptre of the Empress Eudocia . Under similar circumstances Mahmud had chivalrously abstained from making war upon a woman ; Alp Arslan had no such ...
... Empire ( as the empire of the East was then called ) , at that time beneath the sceptre of the Empress Eudocia . Under similar circumstances Mahmud had chivalrously abstained from making war upon a woman ; Alp Arslan had no such ...
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