The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... independence . The city of Nicopolis was soon reconquered by the Byzantine armies ; but the Bulgarians long continued to form a distinct class of the population of southern Epirus , though the similarity of their language to that of the ...
... independence . The city of Nicopolis was soon reconquered by the Byzantine armies ; but the Bulgarians long continued to form a distinct class of the population of southern Epirus , though the similarity of their language to that of the ...
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... independence , were of the purest Albanian race , unaltered by any mixture of Hellenic blood . SECT . VIII . - TZAKONES OR LACONES . Of all the inhabitants who now dwell on the Hellenic soil , the Tzakones , or Laconians - for the two ...
... independence , were of the purest Albanian race , unaltered by any mixture of Hellenic blood . SECT . VIII . - TZAKONES OR LACONES . Of all the inhabitants who now dwell on the Hellenic soil , the Tzakones , or Laconians - for the two ...
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... independence . In Euboea , the change is almost as great as in the Morrha of Elis . By what process , therefore , the ancient Hellenic population were melted into Byzantine Greeks - or , as they long called themselves , Romans - may ...
... independence . In Euboea , the change is almost as great as in the Morrha of Elis . By what process , therefore , the ancient Hellenic population were melted into Byzantine Greeks - or , as they long called themselves , Romans - may ...
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... independence of the Hellenic race on the part of the Crusaders . Isaac Komnenos rendered himself sovereign 1184-1191 . of Cyprus during the tyrannical administration of the emperor Andronicus I. , and governed the island with the title ...
... independence of the Hellenic race on the part of the Crusaders . Isaac Komnenos rendered himself sovereign 1184-1191 . of Cyprus during the tyrannical administration of the emperor Andronicus I. , and governed the island with the title ...
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... rendered dominant , to have done . The wealth of the 1 Nicetas , p . 410 , mentions the independence of the Toparch of Great Vlachia at this period . STATE OF EPIRUS . 143 Greeks furnished a considerable pecuniary 142 DESPOTAT OF EPIRUS .
... rendered dominant , to have done . The wealth of the 1 Nicetas , p . 410 , mentions the independence of the Toparch of Great Vlachia at this period . STATE OF EPIRUS . 143 Greeks furnished a considerable pecuniary 142 DESPOTAT OF EPIRUS .
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