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... origin- ally dedicated to Diocletian . The central position of this town favoured its being selected as a centre of judicial and civil administration during both the Roman and Gothic periods , and from its extensive traffic , it ...
... origin- ally dedicated to Diocletian . The central position of this town favoured its being selected as a centre of judicial and civil administration during both the Roman and Gothic periods , and from its extensive traffic , it ...
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... origin . It was , however , a favourite theme of the Greek poets , and is introduced in the Eneid o . Virgil . It acquires a peculiar interest Laocoön . from being the subject of one of the most famous works of ancient sculpture still ...
... origin . It was , however , a favourite theme of the Greek poets , and is introduced in the Eneid o . Virgil . It acquires a peculiar interest Laocoön . from being the subject of one of the most famous works of ancient sculpture still ...
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... origin - become immortal . This could only be effected by the renunciation of riches , honours , and the ties of life . Up to the period of L. , the national worship had been restricted to the Shang - te , or ' supreme ruler ' of the ...
... origin - become immortal . This could only be effected by the renunciation of riches , honours , and the ties of life . Up to the period of L. , the national worship had been restricted to the Shang - te , or ' supreme ruler ' of the ...
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... origin reaches back to the earliest ages of Christianity - Christ himself , the Virgin , John the Baptist , the apostles , and other prominent persons of the gospel bistory having become , at a very early period , the subject of them ...
... origin reaches back to the earliest ages of Christianity - Christ himself , the Virgin , John the Baptist , the apostles , and other prominent persons of the gospel bistory having become , at a very early period , the subject of them ...
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... origin to the removal of a large number of German students from Prague to L. in 1409 , in consequence of dis- putes ... origin of these fairs is traced back for more than 600 years . They are attended by Jews , Turks , Greeks , Arme ...
... origin to the removal of a large number of German students from Prague to L. in 1409 , in consequence of dis- putes ... origin of these fairs is traced back for more than 600 years . They are attended by Jews , Turks , Greeks , Arme ...
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