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... emperor " from the Senate at the conclusion of the peace with Sweden ( Treaty of Ny- stad , 1721 ) . The title not only aimed at identifying the new Russia with European political tradition , it also be- spoke the new conception of ...
... emperor " from the Senate at the conclusion of the peace with Sweden ( Treaty of Ny- stad , 1721 ) . The title not only aimed at identifying the new Russia with European political tradition , it also be- spoke the new conception of ...
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... emperor Claudius banished him to Corsica on a charge of adultery with the princess Julia Livilla , the emperor's niece . In that uncongenial milieu he studied natural science and philosophy and wrote the three trea- tises entitled ...
... emperor Claudius banished him to Corsica on a charge of adultery with the princess Julia Livilla , the emperor's niece . In that uncongenial milieu he studied natural science and philosophy and wrote the three trea- tises entitled ...
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... emperor , Chen - tsung , to the position of " Equal with Heaven . " In- cantations and prayers offered to the T'ai Shan deity by countless emperors are inscribed in steles along the as- cent to the summit , and the temples are ...
... emperor , Chen - tsung , to the position of " Equal with Heaven . " In- cantations and prayers offered to the T'ai Shan deity by countless emperors are inscribed in steles along the as- cent to the summit , and the temples are ...
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