The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by the Arabs, A.D. 640, Volume 2George Bell, 1885 - Egypt |
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... party persecuted The monks seized to recruit the army The austerities of the monks of Tabenna , of Nitria , and of Scetis The White monastery They were of the Homoousian or Nicene opinions Macarius the Egyptian ; his writings • Some ...
... party persecuted The monks seized to recruit the army The austerities of the monks of Tabenna , of Nitria , and of Scetis The White monastery They were of the Homoousian or Nicene opinions Macarius the Egyptian ; his writings • Some ...
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... party in the state by her treachery : she planned the unhappiness of two children and the guilt of a third . Perhaps history can hardly show another marriage so wicked and unnatural , or a reign so little likely to end without a civil ...
... party in the state by her treachery : she planned the unhappiness of two children and the guilt of a third . Perhaps history can hardly show another marriage so wicked and unnatural , or a reign so little likely to end without a civil ...
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... party in the city , and only his own little body of troops to trust to . He J. Cæsar , took with him the two young Ptolemies , their sister Arsinoë , and the minister Pothinus , as hostages for his own safety , and shut himself up in ...
... party in the city , and only his own little body of troops to trust to . He J. Cæsar , took with him the two young Ptolemies , their sister Arsinoë , and the minister Pothinus , as hostages for his own safety , and shut himself up in ...
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... parties agreed to a truce . The Alexandrians were tired of the cruel govern- Bell . Alex . ment of Arsinoe and her slave Ganimedes , and they wanted their king , who was Cæsar's prisoner . And Cæsar , notwithstanding the false and ...
... parties agreed to a truce . The Alexandrians were tired of the cruel govern- Bell . Alex . ment of Arsinoe and her slave Ganimedes , and they wanted their king , who was Cæsar's prisoner . And Cæsar , notwithstanding the false and ...
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... party was again uppermost , the Romans willingly bowed their necks to his adopted son Octavianus , and his friend Mark Antony . iv . ( 28 ) It is not easy to determine which side Cleopatra meant to take in the war between Antony and the ...
... party was again uppermost , the Romans willingly bowed their necks to his adopted son Octavianus , and his friend Mark Antony . iv . ( 28 ) It is not easy to determine which side Cleopatra meant to take in the war between Antony and the ...
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