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... tion which followed . Thanks to the patronage of the Scipio family , Polybius was permitted to remain in Rome while the other hostages were distributed among the various cities . In 150 B.C. after sixteen years of life in Rome ...
... tion which followed . Thanks to the patronage of the Scipio family , Polybius was permitted to remain in Rome while the other hostages were distributed among the various cities . In 150 B.C. after sixteen years of life in Rome ...
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... tion , sustained by copious biblical quotations , that the king could do nothing without the consent of the bishops . In a word , it is a formula- tion of the philosophy of theocratic rule . Hincmar was a haughty prel- ate , and ...
... tion , sustained by copious biblical quotations , that the king could do nothing without the consent of the bishops . In a word , it is a formula- tion of the philosophy of theocratic rule . Hincmar was a haughty prel- ate , and ...
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... tion . The fall of an empire and the juggling of a mountebank are related with the same seriousness . . . . All manner of trivial gossip is introduced . The blunders are appall- ing . . . . The conventional style of historic prose is ...
... tion . The fall of an empire and the juggling of a mountebank are related with the same seriousness . . . . All manner of trivial gossip is introduced . The blunders are appall- ing . . . . The conventional style of historic prose is ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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