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... reign may be divided into three periods : ( 1 ) an initial age of conquest and cultural achievement extending until the decade of the 540s ; ( 2 ) 10 years of crisis and near disaster during the 540s ; and ( 3 ) the last decade of the reign ...
... reign may be divided into three periods : ( 1 ) an initial age of conquest and cultural achievement extending until the decade of the 540s ; ( 2 ) 10 years of crisis and near disaster during the 540s ; and ( 3 ) the last decade of the reign ...
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... reign , no other element of popular Christian belief better stimulated that high morale without which the Byzantine Empire would not have survived . The successors of Justinian : 565-610 . Until Heraclius arrived to save the empire in ...
... reign , no other element of popular Christian belief better stimulated that high morale without which the Byzantine Empire would not have survived . The successors of Justinian : 565-610 . Until Heraclius arrived to save the empire in ...
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... reign cannot disguise the enormous popularity his victories won him . In later centuries , the folk of Constantinople would stand by his tomb , seeking his aid against whatever enemy im- periled the city's defenses . Constantine's weak ...
... reign cannot disguise the enormous popularity his victories won him . In later centuries , the folk of Constantinople would stand by his tomb , seeking his aid against whatever enemy im- periled the city's defenses . Constantine's weak ...
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