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Tag Archives: Jerusalem
Tides of War: Byzantium’s Vacillating Imperial Fortunes- Part 10
The Fourth Crusade “Constantine’s fine city, the common delight and boast of all nations, was laid waste by fire and blackened by soot, taken and emptied of all wealth, public and private, as well as that which was consecrated by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexios Doukas, Alexios III, Alexios IV, Alexios V, Battle of Hattin, Boniface of Montferrat, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, Constantinople, Count Baldwin of Flanders, Count Thibaut, Crusader Kingdoms, Dalmatia, Enrico Dandolo, Fourth Crusade, Isaac II, Jerusalem, Judith Herrin, Most Serene Republic of Venice, Niketas Choniates, Pope Innocent III, Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, Sack of Constantinople, Saladin, Steven Runciman, Third Crusade, Thomas Morosini, Varangian Guard, Venetian Empire, Venice, Zara
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Tides of War: Byzantium’s Vacillating Imperial Fortunes – Part 6
Rise of Islam “In the victorious days of the Roman republic, it had been the aim of the senate to confine their councils and legions to a single war, and completely to suppress a first enemy before they provoked the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia, Artaxerxes, Augustus, Bosphorus, Bulgars, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine navy, Byzantium, Charles Martel, Constans II, Constantine IV, Constantinople, First Arab Siege of Constantinople, Greek Fire, Heraclius, Jerusalem, Khan, Leo III, Muhammad, Persia, Rashidun, Sassanid Empire, Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, Tervel, Theodosius II, Tours, True Cross, Umayyad Caliphate, Walls of Constantinople
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