Antiochus Strategos part 21

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Then they travelled across a wide plain covered with Olive trees, and with them travelled an Ethiopian and his two camels, who led a...

Antiochus Strategos part 22

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They were there for a long time waiting for a ship to get ready. Afterwards they sailed during the whole of the winter, from...

Antiochus Strategos part 23

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Embarking once more, they came to a city called Naples and remained there several days. It is the seat of an archbishop whose dignity...

Antiochus Strategos part 24

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After this, a priest who came from Spain to St. Benedict’s and stayed there asked permission of Abbot Petronax to go to Rome. When...

Antiochus Strategos part 9

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As the sickness increased, his weary limbs grew cold and stiff, and in this way he breathed his last. As soon as the two...

War with the Scyths part 16

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However Tzachas thought Methymna was beneath consideration, but sailed direct to Chios and took that also at first assault. On receipt of this news...

Antiochus Strategos part 10

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They had caught the black plague. So great a hold had it got on them that, scarcely able to move, worn out with fever...

War with the Scyths part 17

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But Tzachas pursued him systematically and did not slacken in rowing. When they approached Chios, Opus managed to anchor his ships first in the...

John of Damascus part 29

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In both East and West the reverence we pay to images has crystallized into formal ritual. In the Latin Rite the priest is commanded...

Antiochus Strategos part 11

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Beautiful spot near Ephesus Thence they sailed for Syracuse, a city in the same country. Sailing from Syracuse, they crossed the Adriatic and reached the...

Shining the Gems

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