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Page 309
... Emperor is consistently idealized and never shown as elderly or aging . A marble statue from Livia's Villa at Prima Porta ( in the Vatican ) , which presents him as addressing , as it were , the whole empire , is the work of a fine ...
... Emperor is consistently idealized and never shown as elderly or aging . A marble statue from Livia's Villa at Prima Porta ( in the Vatican ) , which presents him as addressing , as it were , the whole empire , is the work of a fine ...
Page 532
... Emperor , Spain , and the Hanseatic towns , to cut out the Dutch and English carry- ing trade ; but this scheme collapsed when his general , Hans Georg von Arnim , failed to conquer Stralsund , which would have been a first rate naval ...
... Emperor , Spain , and the Hanseatic towns , to cut out the Dutch and English carry- ing trade ; but this scheme collapsed when his general , Hans Georg von Arnim , failed to conquer Stralsund , which would have been a first rate naval ...
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... Emperor's death in 1085 , when , to Wang's great dis- may , a virulent antireform clique dismantled the system ... emperor in AD 6 for a child he had set upon the throne ; three years later he openly assumed the title of emperor ...
... Emperor's death in 1085 , when , to Wang's great dis- may , a virulent antireform clique dismantled the system ... emperor in AD 6 for a child he had set upon the throne ; three years later he openly assumed the title of emperor ...
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